Book Reviews

travel is so broadening

Travel is so Broadening | Wasela Hiyate | Book Review

STORIES: 3.5/5THEME: 4/5CHARACTERS: 3/5WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Ever since the travel bug bit me back in the early months of 2015, I have always found myself getting attracted to books revolving around travel, food, countries, people and their culture. “Travel is so Broadening” is another of my Netgalley picks and just reading the title …

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ready player one

Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | Book Review

PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 2.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 2/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 There is nothing quite as irksome as a promising book that fails to deliver. Despite its potential, Ernest Cline’s poorly executed science fiction/fantasy debut “Ready Player One” has too many glaring deficiencies. The two non-negotiable elements in producing top-notch fantasy are imagination and intensity. Cline’s imagination is …

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poly-trap nita ganguly

Poly-Trap | Nita Ganguly | Book Review

Poly-Trap is the story of Wiley. Wiley is a baby sea horse who joins his mother to explore the sea and life beyond their little home. Wiley is new and curious to the outside world and he asks a number of questions to his mother to find out as much as possible about this new …

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agniputr vadhan

Agniputr | Vadhan | Book Review

PLOT: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 I always feel happy when once-debut authors come out with their second book and surpass all the expectations which one may have from their book. The book in question is Agniputr and the author is Vadhan. I had the pleasure of reading Vadhan’s …

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maid in india laveena dhamija

Maid In India! | Laveena Dhamija | Book Review

CHARACTERS: 3/5 RELEVANCE: 3.5/5 SUBJECT: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Just recently, I read a very popular post on Facebook. The post talked about how there are thousands of Indian women living a caged life in the land of the free – America. Reason? When these young educated, often professionally qualified and career-oriented women follow their …

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One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat

One Indian Girl | Chetan Bhagat | Book Review

Chetan Bhagat’s “One Indian Girl” is a story of a girl called Radhika Mehta who is a hot-shot banker working in the prestigious Investment Bank, Goldman Sachs. The book is narrated from Radhika’s point and it is really hard to believe that a man could have written so realistically about a woman and her feelings.

Girl from Fatehpur

Girl From Fatehpur | Sarita Varma | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Simple and cute romance stories are always a treat to read. I was looking for kindle unlimited titles in the romance genre, on my kindle paperwhite when I came across “Girl from Fatehpur” by Sarita Varma. It both sounded and looked interesting, and …

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two graves zoe kalo

Two Graves | Zoe Kalo | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 On the first look, it is the cover and the blurb of “Two Graves” that allures you. The cover looks intriguing and the blurb promises a lot of thrill with something sinister lurking in between. The concept for me, was a definite winner …

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when breath becomes air

When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi | Book Review

PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 “When Breath Becomes Air”, a posthumously published memoir is divided into two halves – the first half chronicles Paul Kalanithi’s early life and his life-altering career switch from English to medicine. His motives for doing so are deeply philosophical – to solve metaphysical …

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pancakes in paris

Pancakes in Paris | Craig Carlson | Book Review

SUBJECT: 3.5/5 CANDIDNESS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 “Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France”. The subtitle says it all. This book is every man’s ticket to making the American Dream work in Paris. Personally, I feel the book couldn’t have had a better title than this. So before you start …

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it's all in the planets

It’s All in the Planets | Preeti Shenoy | Book Review

Preeti Shenoy’s It’s All in the Planets is a fresh and unique love story PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Love is a strange thing. It has the power to make you or break you. I am sure almost all of us have been through this phenomenon once in …

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