SUBJECT: 5/5 RESEARCH: 4.5/5 HISTORICAL/ACADEMIC VALUE: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 Michel Danino was a French national who left France in 1977, to come to India and has since then lived in India…. [Continue Reading]
So…U’l…Mate? | Bharat Hegde | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 The first thing anyone would notice about this book is its title. It is not ‘Soul Mate’; it is ‘So…u’l…mate?’ and I need… [Continue Reading]
Romi & Gang | Tushar Raheja | Book Review
PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 In Star Wars, Yoda had said, “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you… [Continue Reading]
Krishna and the Lake of Souls | Anurag Bhatt | Book Review
PLOT: 1.5/5 CHARACTERS: 1/5 WRITING STYLE: 1/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 1.5/5 Harry Potter is the best fantasy fiction I have ever read. It is my strong belief that by penning the Potter series, J.K… [Continue Reading]
Macaulay: Pioneer of India’s Modernization | Zareer Masani | Book Review
SUBJECT: 5/5 RESEARCH: 5/5 RELEVANCE: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 “If you’re an Indian reading this book in English, it’s probably because of Thomas Macaulay.” Now, how’s that for a blurb? Would you… [Continue Reading]
The Psychopath Test | Jon Ronson | Book Review
SUBJECT: 4/5 RESEARCH: 4/5 RELEVANCE: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 I am not a big fan of non-fictions and possess a tendency to avoid them as much as I can. I also have… [Continue Reading]
Complete/Convenient | Ketan Bhagat | Book Review
PLOT: 3.75/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.75/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.75/5 Chetan Bhagat taught India to read. Now his younger sibling Ketan Bhagat has joined the coveted “author” bandwagon by penning his debut “Complete/Convenient.”… [Continue Reading]
Never Say Never | Anjali Kirpalani | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.25/5 Never Say Never is the debut novel of Anjali Kirpalani, a lovely ‘been-there-done-it-all’ girl who has tried her hands at everything ranging from… [Continue Reading]
Saleem on Earth and Other Stories | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Reading short stories is definitely not the same as reading a full-fledged novel. In a novel, the author has the time to build… [Continue Reading]
Road Humps and Sidewalks | Kalyan C. Kankanala | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 I like to consider myself a no-nonsense person and always try to be brief and to the point in the things I do,… [Continue Reading]
Seriously, Sitara? | Nishat Fatima | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Nishat Fatima, the highly renowned and celebrated editor of Harper’s Bazaar India has come out with her debut novel – Seriously, Sitara? The… [Continue Reading]
The Troubleshooter | Sanjay Shankar | Book Review
PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 After the success of the Banker series written by Ravi Subramanian, a number of books on similar subjects have been written. A few… [Continue Reading]
