Book Review : Anecdotes of a White Collared Slave by Aashish Gupta

By Murtaza Kuwarawala -
Title : Anecdotes of a White-Collared Slave

Author : Aashish Gupta

Genre : Humor

From past few years, we have seen a high growth of Indian authors exploring various themes while presenting their books. From stories based in college to stories that talks about start-ups, the recent trend have caught up to them all. So, my expectation with this novel was quite different since this had been my first novel based on corporate life and here is my take on it.

Anecdotes of a white - collared slave is a story written from the perspective of the author Ashish himself who has joined the corporate life after a brief stint as a failed entrepreneur. He talks about the different kinds of species (personalities) during his tenure at the company and how they apparently made his life miserable until the tables turned and he was made to supervise a new employee.

Since I had been a part of a corporate life myself, there are many incidents within the book that I can actually relate to. The book is written keeping in mind a good amount of humour quotient within the story and that takes the book forward across chapters. Though, the book did piqued my interest pretty well within the first half, the second half was quite monotonous and it started to drag which made an endeavor for me to finish the book.

Would I recommend this book? To be honest, I'm actually in two minds here on how to recommend this book to someone. Though the humor quotient with the book is spot on and does bring a smile on one's face and the language is pretty simple to progress, the second half which turned out to be a drag kept pulling me down. Pick it up if you are looking for a light read to pass your day.

My Ratings - 🌟🌟🌟 (3 out 5 stars)

Book in Few Words - A Promising first half which pulls the book down during the second half

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