by Yatin Gupta)
I have always believed that a person who travels a lot has always got tons of stories to tell and a person who has got strong observation skills and travels a lot can be good storyteller and Rishi Piparaiya proved me right there.
I came across Aisle Be Damned by Rishi Piparaiya while browsing through an e-commerce website and when I read its blurb, I was like, this sounds hilarious, let's give it a shot and trust me the book is HILARIOUS from the word go. I just kept laughing all the time while reading it. It is an exceptionally hilarious take on everything that one can relate with air travel.
In some 216 pages, the author has summed almost everything that can go wrong and right when you are air travelling. From what can go right when you step into the airport to what can go wrong while you choose your seat, meal and whatever else that an airline has got to offer. Every single person who has ever flown can relate to the book and those who do not like to travel by air and yet have to do that, they will relate with the every single thing mentioned in the book.
I finished reading this book is less than four hours and laughed out loud dunno how many times. I absolutely loved the tagline (swaying hips, praying lips and flying tips) of the book, which is a bit cheesy but as you will read the book you would understand what author is trying to convey through it. My only problem with the book was those pictures and weird tag lines, which I personally feel, didn't add much to what author was trying to portray. Overall, I liked the book. I think I will read it again and is Rishi plans to write a sequel for this one, I am definitely reading it.
Rishi Piparaiya has truly outdone himself and has shown himself to be a master of satire. He has shown great care and acute observational skills in picking the most annoying and embarrassing of things that happen in one's day to day exchange with the airport and it's queer inhabitants and projected them in a hilarious and thoroughly entertaining way. He has given an whole new outlook to the things that happen in and out of an airplane. Seriously who would have thought that my missing jacket was actually stolen by the Italian mafia.
ReplyDeleteRishi uses a delicate and simple style of writing to convey his story and that too with an even flavor of humour and satire. There is a chance that his sense of humour, predominant his style of humour would come across as slapstick to some but it is undeniable that he got a suave way of making his readers laugh. Anyone who has ever been on a flight and anyone who has seen the way the various quirks of the aluminium tube that flies will find it interesting and can relate to it seamlessly. It is just an understatement to say that Rishi has outdone himself.
They book though randomly satirical, is not random at all in organization. The book is neatly edited and organized as in the order of which the events would occur in an actual flight, from take off to landing and this differentiate 'Aisle be damned' from a regular book of jokes and into a humorous page turner. I will though advice the ones who have not flown to keep away, you don't need to add to your aviatophobia do we and secondly most jokes would appear to be tasteless and blown up to a person who is unaccustomed with such an environment as an airport.
But for everyone else this is hilarious and light hearted, and would make your stomach hurt from laughing. I personally found the beginning and end to be rather bland and tasteless in nature as compared to the rest of it. I give the book a 'good' status and recommend it exclusively for all fliers, frequent and otherwise. The swaying hips awaits... *chuckle*.
So I am assuming you have read the book? Thank you so much for the feedback. I am putting this on my to read asap list! I do not just randomly select books to put up for review everyday, or books that happen to appear in the news, I have a method. I heard some buzz about this and it seems to be living up to the hype.
DeleteSo your stomach hurt from laughing huh? I am reading a Jack the Ripper type book and another funny book right now so maybe after that, I will get a copy of this I did not get B & N gift certificates in my stocking for nothing! Thank you again. I hope to do a review and have you see what you thought about my review. And I have the how do you spell it? Kohonas? lol! I would ask the author for an interview too. But I have to read the book first. HAPPY NEW YEAR!