Book Reviews

His Runaway Royal Bride by Tanu Jain

His Runaway Royal Bride | Tanu Jain | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Ever since Mills & Boon have come up with their Indian Author Collection, I have been a huge fan of them. It is simply because of the fact that they tune to my Indian background and at the same gives me what Mills …

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Khushwant Singh on Women by Khushwant Singh

On Women: Selected Writings | Khushwant Singh | Book Review

SUBJECT: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CANDIDNESS: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Khushwant Singh, who breathed his last on 20th March of 2014, was a man with many faces. A novelist, politician, journalist and a lawyer too, he is largely known today for his famous works like a Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, …

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Korma, Kheer & Kismet by Pamela Timms

Korma, Kheer & Kismet | Pamela Timms | Book Review

SUBJECT: 4/5 RELEVANCE: 3.5/5 RESEARCH: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Old Delhi, or Purani Dilli as it is usually called by the residents of India’s capital city, is the walled city within the current Delhi. It was founded by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in 1639 and was then called Shahjahanabad. Home to the famous …

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There Was No One At The Bus Stop by Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay

There Was No One At The Bus Stop | Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay | Book Review

PLOT:  3/5 CHARACTERS:  3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Originally published in 1974 and written in Bengali by the celebrated Bengali author Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, There Was No One At The Bus Stop explores the deep dark world of adultery in the upper-middle-class of the then-contemporary Calcutta. Translated in English beautifully and without …

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Dollar Bahu by Sudha Murty

Dollar Bahu | Sudha Murty | Book Review

Sudha Murthy’s Dollar Bahu is a story of how money corrupts the way people look at one another PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Sudha Murty is the famous chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and the wise founder of the Indian software giant Infosys. In addition to pursuing her …

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Valley of Nightmares by Jane Godman

Valley of Nightmares | Jane Godman | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 I picked up Valley of Nightmares from Netgalley and started reading it only after a month or so of downloading it. If my words mean anything to you – I say mark my words – this book will surely surprise you. It is …

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Let's Go Time Travelling by Subhadra Sen Gupta

Let’s Go Time Travelling! | Subhadra Sen Gupta | Book Review

SUBJECT: 3.5/5 RELEVANCE: 3.5/5 RESEARCH: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Even after spending hours after hours cramming up historical events and dates in our schooling years, how much of history do we really remember today? Out of sight is out of mind and history never did occur in our sight. So, is learning and knowing it …

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Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

Mr. Mercedes | Stephen King | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Every genre has a certain aspect that the author needs to get right while writing. If it’s a romance novel, the main premise would be about the protagonists finding each other, through whatever troubles they face. For horror stories, it is essentially a …

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Shamed in the Sands by Sharon Kendrick

Shamed in the Sands | Sharon Kendrick | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Shamed in the Sands is the second book in the “Desert Man of Qurhah” series. But, even though you may have not read the first book, it is alright, for the stories are exclusive of each other and your understanding of one does …

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With a Pinch of Salt by Jas Anand

With a Pinch of Salt | Jas Anand | Book Review

SUBJECT: 3/5 RELEVANCE: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 In this ever-increasing competitive world of today, when most of us are running the rat race, it is always good to have a little dose of humour sprinkled between our daily chores. And what a beauty! When that humour seems to be about all the …

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