@Balaji
I’m not an ace reviewer and this was just my impression of the book.

That said, I’m afraid I disagree in part of what the reviewer there has said.Karan nowhere proclaims that he’s off to break barriers and bring about the most enthralling novel. This was his first attempt at writing and he’s definitely done a good jab at it.

Coming to the monetary aspect – I’m sure you’d agree that writing a novel is time consuming, more so when you’re doing it in you’re free time beyond professional life.I see nothing wrong in someone expecting to reap the benefits of it however small it may be.