Book Title: The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R.
Author: Moni Mohsin
Format: Kindle

My Review:
This is my first novel by Moni Mohsin, famous for her books like The Diary of a Social Butterfly, which is the musings of a society airhead whose life revolves around shopping, gossip and partying, it was a fun read. This book was highly acclaimed for its audacious contents. Here in this book with the character Ruby, author Moni has created an interesting tale that runs a serious subject related to politics in Pakistan and a young girl's dreams to see her country in better shape.

The story in ' The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R. ' is of a 23-year-old young Ruby Rauf, a student from London who prepares for her goal to study business and media and get a good job. One day, she hears a political speech by Saif Haq, a former movie actor and now turned into a politician. His speech about making the country great, a corruption-free country and many more such positive promises impress Ruby to the core. It so happens her admiration towards him lands her into a job as his party's social media admin. Not to forget Saif is an old man but with his own mindset.

Ruby is a feminist for herself. As the story progresses, the readers understand the real face of Saif as a sexist, abuser, ill-mannered and vile personality. In the story, when the readers get to see both the characters and their traits, there prevails a confusion and point of clarity that how did Ruby, a feminist fall for Saif being a misogynist. In another place, readers also see that Ruby is shown becoming the social media wig head though she knows the fact of how the funds flow, what kind of criminal activities are carried out in the name of the party, Ruby ignores. These two points created a buzz in my head. Hope someday Author Moni could explain this.

In the process of being close to Saif, a 23-year-old Ruby somewhere starts imagining the 60-year-old actor turned politician more than a confidant. Until she shows the traces of jealousy when Saif announces his marriage to a socialite, Ruby's character depleted in the impression. A dynamic young female who had a zeal to do something great in life behaves like a cliché female being, which is somewhat unacceptable to me.

To conclude, this story with many other characters that fail to impress, Moni Mohsin's story is a one-time read with a political backdrop.

Final Verdict
An interesting political satirical thriller!

Rating:
3/5










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