Drama Books

Rafflesia The Banished Princess

Rafflesia: The Banished Princess | Gautam | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 When I sat down to read “Rafflesia: The Banished Princess”, I expected the story of a young man interspersed with a lot of fantasy fiction elements. But what this book offered was something entirely different. Though the book is a decent read, I found …

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The Boy Who Loved by Durjoy Datta

The Boy Who Loved | Durjoy Datta | Book Review

Durjoy Datta’s “The Boy Who Loved” is a Romance Novel about an introvert boy. PLOT: 4.5/5CHARACTERS: 4/5WRITING STYLE: 4/5CLIMAX: 4/5ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 I had pre-ordered my copy of  “The Boy Who Loved” in the early days of May 2017. The book was released on 29th May but being a small-towner, I only got my copy on …

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The Trip by Rohit Bandri

The Trip | Rohit Bandri | Book Review

PLOT – 2.5/5 CHARACTERS – 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE – 3/5 CLIMAX – 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT – 3/5 What is a trip asks the author towards the beginning of the book itself, and he gives us five dictionary meanings of the word. A journey, especially for pleasure. A stumble due to catching one’s foot on something …

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Hope Vs Hype by Ankit Jaiswal

Hope Vs Hype | Ankit Jaiswal | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 2.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Recently, there has been a surge in the number of political novels written by Indian authors. This is indeed a pleasant change from the regular boy-meets-girl stories which have become rather dull and unappealing these days. “Hope Vs Hype” by Ankit Jaiswal is …

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Streaks of Dawn by Anirban Chatterjee

Streaks of Dawn | Anirban Chatterjee | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 2/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2/5 I remember reading the quote somewhere and deciding to always stick to what it says. It is beautiful, telling us why marriage is special and why we must never give up on each other. So recently, when I finished reading the “Streaks of …

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Demons in my Mind by Aashish Gupta

Demons in my Mind | Aashish Gupta | Book Review

ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 PLOT: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 Pain is termed as a distressing feeling which one feels and is caused by intense or damaging stimuli, but what if someone told you that pain and suffering are a manifestation of our own mind. Some people fail to differentiate between pain and …

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the four patriots

The Four Patriots | Sumit Agarwal | Book Review

PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope” – Martin Luther King, Jr. “The Four Patriots” seems like it was inspired by this one quote from the great Martin Luther King, Jr. The book is hope personified and just reading it …

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the 365 days

The 365 Days | Nikhil Ramteke | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 To us, these are just a few headlines that we read in the papers; then we yell about why people leave India for Gulf, empathise with their condition for a few minutes and then forget all about it until the next headline is …

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secrets sins and struggles

Secrets, Sins and Struggles | Kamini Kusum | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 After a long time, I came across a book which inspired me truly and this was because of the story of five different women told in this book, each of whom had to face struggles in life and each of whom decided to …

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blemishing the odds

Blemishing the Odds | Harish Penumarthi | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 There is something about coming of age novels that appeal to the reader and also the teenager in me. Such books often leave me reminiscing about my own “good old days” and they often leave me deducing the fact that things have not …

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