Ebook Review : Greed Lust Addiction : Victory Over Vices Makes You Champion by Ravi Dabral

By Murtaza Kuwarawala -
*I was provided an ecopy of this book for review purpose*


At times, you do land up with a book that is pretty easy to read but takes a toll on your capacity to think. Greed Lust Addiction was my recent pickup by an upcoming Indian author and this is my take on it. To be honest, my review is pretty polarised from the ones you would find online but again this is my opinion and you are free to counter the same.


Blurb (From Goodreads):
The book covers the journey and encounters of an investigative journalist, thrillingly revealing mysteries of the corrupt material world, who believes in following the virtuous, righteous and spiritual path in life but is lured by a society dominated by corrupt politicians, unscrupulous greedy businessmen, puppet media, insensitive police, and even a biased judiciary. It leaves the readers wondering: Will the protagonist survive in the midst of the powerful lobbies who have scant regard for human life? Or will he be crushed like a beetle under a booted foot, as everyone predicts? Or will he be able to stand up just with the help of a handful of yogis of the Himalayan ashrams and their spiritual followers?


My Take on the Book :

With every book that I pick up, I try to point out both the positive and negatives about a book. Though my leaning towards Indian authors has not been much, at times I was lucky enough to find certain gems that I still recommend to people. Sadly, Greed Lust Addiction by Ravi Dabral isn't one of them.


The book though it claims to be a fiction takes you to the times in 70s and 80s Bollywood movies where apparently your roots, culture and sanskaar holds a lot of value. For a book, that has been written in English, special emphasis has been given to the word sanskaar throughout. The plot is quite predictive throughout and one can easily predict the occurrences that will be following in the next 10 pages or so.


I would have loved to write more about the book that compares a woman to a flower which has to be preserved till they get married since pre-marital sex decays them but then I would rather stop here. I wish the author had stuck to the story at times instead of preaching a lot of spiritual teachings which can be easily skipped. If you have seen the movies that came out in 70s and 80s era, I would advise you to very well skip the book and move on to something much better.


My Ratings : 🌟 ( 1 out of 5 - The single star is for the efforts put in by the author and hope to wish he would write better books )


Book in Three Words : Sanskaar. Sanskaar. Sanskaar.

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