SUBJECT: 3.5/5 RESEARCH: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 “Sahibs Who Loved India” takes you back in time, it takes you through the period when India was ruled by the British; British who hated us, who tormented us, who disgraced us in our own country. But then, it is not about those loathing babus […]
Zombiestan | Mainak Dhar | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 We at BookGeeks.in got a chance to review two of Mainak Dhar’s books – ‘Alice in Deadland’ & ‘Zombiestan’. We were new to the author, and unaware of his previous works, so when the books arrived we never thought good of them and […]
A Prisoner of Birth | Jeffrey Archer | Book Review
PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 “If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an […]
Office Shocks | Sumit Aggarwal | Book Review
PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 2/5 WRITING STYLE: 2/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 The title would be more apt if I were to read it in my office. I would be shocked & I would be at the office. But luckily I was at home and a disprin was at hand. Rupa & Co. was celebrating […]
The Secrets of the Dark | Arka Chakrabarti | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 “The Secrets of the Dark” is the first book in the series of ‘The Saga of Agni’. Written by debut author Arka Chakrabarti, the book is nothing but sheer indulgence. In this book, Arka writes about the mystical land of Gaya which is […]
The Accidental Apprentice | Vikas Swarup | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Each one of us dreams of making it big in our lives. Some dream of becoming a cricketer, some want to win the Roadies, some want to be a civil servant & some want to become the CEO of a big company. So, […]
Smart Phones Dumb People | Parthajeet Sarma | Book Review
SUBJECT: 4/5 RESEARCH: 3/5 WRITING STLE: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 “We live in an opportune moment today. We have, available to us, the technological tools of the 21st century to address 19th-century issues. In a fast-changing world, will mankind be ruled by smartphones soon or will mankind use technology in life-changing innovations to make our […]
Men on my Mind | Radha Thomas | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 “Men on my Mind” is an interestingly funny but twisted tale of an Indian girl, who begins her journey of the quest for the right man since she turns 7 years old. This quest, to her sheer delight, will take her from Panchgani, […]
Once Upon the Tracks of Mumbai | Rishi Vohra | Book Review
PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 I was asked by my colleague, Ravi, to be a guest reviewer for BookGeeks.in. Being a passionate reader myself, I loved this amazing opportunity and agreed to review the genres which I prefer reading. I was with him when he received the copy […]
The China Price | Alexandra Harney | Book Review
SUBJECT: 4/5 RESEARCH: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.75/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 The whole world talks about China; from my B-School professors lecturing on the importance of China; to our Director and HODs trying to bring in teachers to make us learn Mandarin; to ex-colleagues in asset management industry selling China-focused mutual funds to HNIs; to my […]
Alice in Deadland | Mainak Dhar | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 This is the first book I’m reviewing that I’ve not bought with my own money. I hadn’t imagined this task would be so difficult. I was caught between logic & emotion. My heart told me that I loved this book and should rate […]
The Rozabal Line | Ashwin Sanghi | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 One of our co-founders at BookGeeks.in, Ravi, is a die-hard fan of Ashwin Sanghi and now I know exactly why. So when Ravi requested Ashwin for an option to be able to buy the “Author Signed Copies” of his 3 books, Ashwin duly obliged […]