The last girl to fall in love" by Durjoy Datta

​"The last girl to fall in love" by Durjoy Datta- In dystopian future!

I read Hindi version of the book. 

Manav is a young unemployed man looking for a job who lives with his father in Chawl. Sandhya is a girl earmarked for great things. She becomes scientist at 16 and is developing vaccines. She is given a man (Manav’s father) as test subject for black virus. He shows signs of recovery before dying. Guilt ridden  Sandhya seeks Manav and brings him home under guise of lab testing. 

What happens between them? Would it be acceptable? Will they declare their love? Will the society accept it?

The novel is set in indistinct dystopian future or parallel universe. The world is now run by females. Male species is considered good for nothing. Their only utility is to become test subjects to test vaccine on Black Plague or do manual labor. 

It’s a tussle between PM and opposition leader. PM Sagarika Kumar considers male species equivalent to insects and would do anything to remain in power. Opposition leader Veera Kaur supports freedom to men and freedom of sex for women and would do anything to bring down the PM. Then there is KP district, a free society of males and females. The males have to depend on daily vaccine shots, smuggled from area controlled by females, to stay alive.

It’s an interesting concept. Execution is not overly exciting but it’s decent. You don’t lose interest. The story has uneven pace. The end could have been better. 

I read Hindi version of the book. It was apparent that it was translated from English. Some sentences were more transliteration than translation. Construction of many sentences appeared strange because of this. It was substandard translation. No idea how such poor translation passed the litmus test of quality. 

Why did I read this book? Hindi for a change. 

What did I like? Concept.

What I didn't like? Poor translation. 

Read for a change, but it’s not wow!