Review: Office Shocks: A Novel

Office Shocks: A Novel by Sumit Aggarwal
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Office Shocks

• Story about first day office experience
• Failed to meet the expectations

“A fresh and opinionated recruit trying to fathom his way through the baffling arena of the working world.”

Office shocks is a comical chronicle of first day office experience of a new joiner. The writer failed to deliver the much needed humor in the story as promised. The novel ends up not giving a lasting impression in any form.

The story is about the first day of Aniket as a Junior Associate in Cairn & Company. His first day at office turns out to be shocking. As the day progresses hour-by-hour, he encounters a fickle-minded boss, flirtatious colleagues, an erudite family man with a secret life. The writer tried to present it in a funny way.

I did not connect with Aniket or with any of the characters in the book. The book belongs to one the regrettable reads. The writing style is much like an overburdened vocabulary infused in the sentences making it difficult for the readers to connect. In spite of being a short read, the book still becomes boring till the end. This novel is definitely not a recommended read.



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