Chetan Bhagat tries his hand at detective fiction with The Girl in Room 105 and does an average job. After starting off the same way as many of his previous novels, this one follows a different path, thankfully. Zara, a typical Chetan Bhagat heroine, is murdered and Keshav, her loser of an ex-lover-who-still-loves-her, turns amateur detective trying to find the killer. He is helped by his fat, funny best-friend, who also teaches in the same competitive exam coaching centre where he teaches, and an indulgent policeman.
Though Bhagat has tried to shift genres, his characters and certain plot elements remain quite similar to those of his other works. I am not a Bhagat-basher and I found parts of this quick moving novel entertaining, and liked it better than his previous couple. ( )

I liked the book. The story had me gripped for the most part and the protagonist was also not a dumbass. The story had weight to it, it was not predictable, making it a good thriller. Also, the reveal at the end gave me slight goosebumps. The suspense was well-maintained throughout the text.
All in all, I really liked the book. By far, for me this was the best of all Chetan Bhagat books I've read till now, as it's plot was strong and potential and had a number of (not-too)interesting characters. I'm taking away half a star as I think more improvements could have been made. ( )

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗜𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟬𝟱
𝗕𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘁

𝐍𝐨. 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬-𝟑𝟏𝟐

First of all i found the book cover to be amazing and attractive.The novel opens up with a conversation between the author(Chetan Bhagat) and Keshav Rajpurohit in a flight to Delhi who was telling his unlove story to him.

The story mainly revolves around a muslim kashmiri girl called zara who lived in room no 105 (her hostel room) pursuaing Phd from IIT New Delhi.
The girl gets murdered at her birthday night in her hostel room.Keshav Rajpurohit -her ex- boy friend madly in love with her along with his best friend Saurabh who worked at Chadan coaching classes as teachers investigate the case to find out the murderer.
It is an unlove story which has many suspects including her fiance - Raghu,her dean- Professor Saxena,her own father,her senior- Faiz,her step brother- Sikander.So who really killed her and why??.Will Keshav find him??.
This novel has a complete mixture of thrill,suspense and humour.The language is easy to understand and it keeps the reader intact while reading ,also the suspense adds up the interest in the story.The reader can easily imagine the scenarios and may find the events actually happening.
Saurabh's character adds a pinch of humour in the story although being intelligent and a tech guy,usually cracks a joke at serious moments and is a great foodie.
Although the reader may find some unusual words being used by the characters usually spoken by the people in Delhi but it was really a good read and I strongly recommend this book. ( )

What's good about this book, is the interaction between the characters. Specially the lead characters Keshav and Saurabh aka Golu. Saurabh always had a funny angle even in a serious situation. That makes this book very interesting.
I had bit more expectations as there was a terrorism side to the plot; but unfortunately main incidences are results of personal motives.
One of the basic rule for a good 'thriller' says that 'the most unpredictable guy will be revealed as a mastermind / negative character at the end'. This book is not an exception. ( )