Book Reviews

The Princess Diaries Third Time Lucky by Meg Cabot

Third Time Lucky: The Princess Diaries #3 | Meg Cabot | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITINGS STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Very few book series have the ability to retain a reader’s attention beyond their second and third book. The Princess Diaries: Third Time Lucky, which has managed to take its readers on a roller coaster ride yet again and has done so remarkably …

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Che in Paona Bazaar by Kishalay Bhattacharjee

Che in Paona Bazaar | Kishalay Bhattacharjee | Book Review

SUBJECT: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 RELEVANCE: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 They say that the beauty of India lies in its diversity and that diversity is what holds us together. A few days back, I chanced upon a foreign national who was an overly enthusiastic Bollywood fan and truly believed that no matter how different we …

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Manhattan Mango by Madhuri Iyer

Manhattan Mango | Madhuri Iyer | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 The Ganpat Gang used to dwell and exist in the lanes and by-lanes of Mumbai. But that was long before they decided to make Manhattan, their new abode. Now, in the breath-taking views of Chelsea and Hudson Bay, resides a small yet lively …

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Far Beyond the Dead End by Saikat Baksi

Far Beyond the Dead End | Saikat Baksi | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 As Indians, we are all proud of the fact that our motherland has been the home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations; the Indus Valley civilization. The fact that what had made the whole civilization vanish from the Earth without a trace …

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Believe by Varun Gwalani

Believe | Varun Gwalani | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 There is a general tendency among people to follow the popular crowd, and become successful by following the trend. And certainly, there is nothing wrong with that, especially when it comes to books, music and movies. After all, there are considerable costs involved …

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Million Dollar Arm by J.B. Bernstein

Million Dollar Arm | J.B. Bernstein | Book Review

SUBJECT: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Though hockey is our national game, India is a country crazy about cricket. We can never have enough of it. Most of us don’t watch soccer or hockey or track games or athletics. Most of us haven’t even heard of baseball or ice-hockey or rugby. It is …

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The Uncommon Memories of Zeenat Qureishi by veena nagpal

The Uncommon Memories of Zeenat Qureishi | Veena Nagpal | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 India is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse nations in the world; a melting pot of religions. Hinduism and Islam, the two major religions of India, have co-existed peacefully for many centuries, borrowing each other’s culture, art, language and traditions. The …

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The Love Diet Sonali Sabherwal

The Love Diet | Shonali Sabherwal | Book Review

SUBJECT: 3/5 RESEARCH: 3.5/5 RELEVANCE: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Food has become the topic of much discussion these days. What do we eat? How do we eat? When do we eat? and How much we eat? are a few questions which we are frequently asked every now and then. In an era, …

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The Sceptical Patriot

The Sceptical Patriot | Sidin Vadukut | Book Review

WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 SUBJECT: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 The Sceptical Patriot gives an exquisite disclaimer about not being biased and writing about something which majority of Indians believe to be 100% true. I believe I also should add some part to it – I am an Indian at my core and believe we have the …

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The Mouse Charmers

The Mouse Charmers | Anuradha Goyal | Book Review

SUBJECT: 4/5 RESEARCH: 2/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 How many of you book your tickets through IRCTC or Make My Trip or Yatra? How many of you buy your books from Amazon or Flipkart? How many of you use Jabong or Myntra or Zovi for your wardrobe shopping? How many of you use …

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The Steradian Trail

The Steradian Trail | M.N. Krish | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 There are many mathematical problems which are still unsolved. The Clay Mathematics Institute has listed out seven “Millennium Prize Problems” of which, six are yet to be solved – Riemann Hypothesis, Hodge Conjecture, P versus NP, Yang-Mills Existence, etc. Many attempts have been …

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The Great Indian Democracy Manivannan

The Great Indian Democracy | Manivannan K | Book Review

PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 India’s is the largest democracy in the world and we, as Indians, are indeed honoured by the sheer fact of it. But this largest democracy has had its own share of unspeakable moments too. From multi-crore scams to sex scandals, this democracy has …

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