PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 “Arjun Singh is a typical South Delhi brat whose biggest worry is securing a much coveted seat in one of the city’s top… [Continue Reading]
Sahibs Who Loved India | Khushwant Singh | Book Review
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… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
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,… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
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 importance of China; to our Director and HODs trying to bring in teachers to… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
