Book Review 94: The Chi-Chi Boy by Sombit Naskar.





The Chi-Chi Boy by Sombit Naskar is a short and beautiful tale about love. After reading Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda recently, I wanted to read more books belonging to LGBTQ genre. Hence, I decided to give this book a try.

The book revolves around the love life of the protagonist, Rik. He gives a first-person account of his relationships,  how he met different men at different points in his life, and how his relationship was with each of them. The story is quite simple and is narrated much like a journal entry. It is a very short book and took me hardly half an hour to complete reading it. But there are certain aspects of this book which I did not quite like. The book seemed very abrupt. It progresses at a very fast pace and ends too soon. Although the writing style of the author is lucid, making the book a very simple and easy read, the plot could've been much better and developed. It could have been better if it was a bit more descriptive.

I really liked the positive tone that the story has. There were highs and lows, but the protagonist doesn't give up.
You can give this book a read if you are looking for a short and easy read.


About the author: Sombit was born in Calcutta, India to a Bengali middle-class family, completed formal education in Bangalore, India and started working as fashion merchandiser for living; but, could never give up on his passion for writing. According to Sombit, he is sanguine and live one day at a time; with a cigarette and a cup of coffee.

My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars.
First Published: April 2020
Pages: 26
Price: ₹129

You can buy this book from Amazon.


Thanks to the author for providing me with a review copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. 

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