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Wise enough to be foolish

Wise Enough to be Foolish | Gauri Jayaram | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Everybody loves a good biography. It inspires us, seduces us to dream big in spite of humble backgrounds, and gives us a sneak peek into the life of the author. I am no exception and have had the pleasure of reading quite a …

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Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil

Narcopolis | Jeet Thayil | Book Review

PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 nar·co (/ˈnärkō/) – A prefix added to the start of a word to indicate sleep; it has originated from the Greek word nark, meaning numbness. po·lis  (/ˈpōləs/) – A state or a society; originated from the ancient Greek city named polis. Bombay, which obliterated …

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The Black Coat by Neamat Imam

The Black Coat | Neamat Imam | Book Review

PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 I trace my roots to Jamalganj, a sleepy village in Bangladesh. My grandfather was born there; my father and my uncles were born there and I too, was born, not very far from the border. During the 1971 exodus, when thousands of refugees …

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The Paperback Badshah by Abhay Nagarajan

The Paperback Badshah | Abhay Nagarajan | Book Review

PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 Sankalpita had earlier reviewed Abhay Nagarajan’s “Corporate Atyaachaar” on BookGeeks, and she was not very generous with her review. I had even questioned her because the cover, and the title, were very catchy. When we received The Paperback Badshah from Srishti, she asked …

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Never Go Back by Lee Child

Never Go Back | Lee Child | Book Review

PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 “Jack Reacher is back and this time he is in the capital, in his old office. This is his yard, his playground. Do not mess with him.” Finally. Finally, I get this chance to review a Lee Child novel and I’m super excited. …

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Walking with Lions | K. Natwar Singh | Book Review

SUBJECT: 4/5 RELEVANCE: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 I have always been a fan of memoirs and I prefer the ones written by politicians. K. Natwar Singh has been a diplomat, a politician and an author. He has served as India’s ambassador to many countries, has been an MP and has also served …

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A Passion Beyond Extremes by Rajnish Gambhir

A Passion Beyond Extremes | Rajnish Gambhir | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 There is one thing which scares me the most in any book – the number of pages it contains. There are a few exceptions to this – Lee Child, Tolkien, James Patterson, etc. Their books are a delight to read and even those …

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Roll of Honour Amandeep Sandhu

Roll of Honour | Amandeep Sandhu | Book Review

PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2/5 Amandeep Sandhu is a friend of mine (on Facebook) and I find him to be very creative. He had, very recently, posted an album consisting photos of the people who had influenced his life while he was in Delhi. It was a very interesting …

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Behind the Silicon Mask

Behind the Silicon Mask | Eshwar Sundaresan | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 There have been numerous books these days on office life – “The Bankster”, “31: A Thriller”, etc. but most of them have been based on either financial or advertising industry. Behind the Silicon Mask is based on the lives of Indian IT professionals and …

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South of the Border, West of the Sun

South of the Border, West of the Sun | Haruki Murakami | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 After spending almost an hour wondering how to do justice to this work, I’ve realised the best way would be to begin by stating outright what South of the Border, West of the Sun isn’t. Firstly it isn’t a raunchy novel about a …

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Compass Box Killer

Compass Box Killer | Piyush Jha | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 With over a hundred options, every week, to choose from, selecting a good book to read is a very difficult task. Some go with the cover, some with the author name, some with the title and some with the synopsis. I prefer going …

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Ghostman Roger Hobbs

Ghostman | Roger Hobbs | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 I love thrillers and can never have enough of them. Unfortunately, most of the books that I receive for review are either non-fiction or general fiction. I do not leave any chance of reading a thriller book when I am faced with one. …

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