Fiction

Mistress of Honour by Bhaavna Arora

Mistress of Honour | Bhaavna Arora | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Bhaavna Arora has to her credit one of the most sensational and highly popular books “The Deliberate Sinner”. “Mistress of Honour” is the second from her kitty. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to read the first one but now that I have …

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murder to go chloe kendrick

Murder to Go | Chloe Kendrick | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 “Murder to Go” is the first book in the series “The Food Truck Mysteries” and is written by author Chloe Kendrick. Chloe has to her credit the hit “Animal Instinct” series which is comprised of six books. In this book, the author depicts …

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angaaray snehal

Angaaray | Snehal Shingavi | Book Review

STORY: 3/5 THEME: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 HISTORICAL RELEVANCE: 4/5 Originally written in the Urdu language, and first published in 1932, “Angaaray” was immediately banned when it created outrage amongst the colonial British and conservative Islamists. The extent to which it infuriated the Muslim community was very aptly denoted by its title “Angaaray” …

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the speaking ghost of rajpur

The Speaking Ghost of Rajpur | Priyonkar Dasgupta | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Summertime is always a fun time for children. Long vacations spent with family, friends and especially cousins make it much more special. For those of us who are no more lucky to be in that phase of life, Priyonkar’s book “The Speaking Ghost …

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sniffer boys adventure of the lost reserve

Sniffer Boys: Adventure of the Lost Reserve | Vivek Gadre | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 THE CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Sniffer Boys: Adventure of the Lost Reserve comes as a pleasant surprise. This small book is a story about four boys Sagar, Manish, Rishi and Gaurav. They are the Sniffer Boys. They form a group of young detectives who work for the …

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The Reluctant Detective

The Reluctant Detective | Kiran Manral | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 When I first picked The Reluctant Detective, I was intrigued by its name and of course the cover which would draw any chick-lit lover to its fold. Pick a high heel shoe, put a bit of pink and you have the perfect cover …

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simian vikram balagopal

Simian Vol #1 | Vikram Balagopal | Book Review

STORY: 4/5 THEME: 4.5/5 ILLUSTRATIONS: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Comic-Con India was inaugurated in India in the year 2011 and has since gained wide acceptance and popularity countrywide. It was in the year 2014 that the book “Simian” won the award for the best graphic novel published in that year. Of an intriguing name and …

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autobiography of a mad nation

Autobiography of a Mad Nation | Sriram Karri | Book Review

PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Sriram Karri, a journalist by profession first gained limelight when his non-fiction debut book “The Spiritual Supermarket” was long-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award. But his journey as an author did not end there. In February 2015 he came up with his …

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the hammer of eden

The Hammer of Eden | Ken Follett | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Equality has never been mankind’s forte, ever, and social rules have always more or less tried to segregate different classes of people. While the idea was to keep the inequality so that people would want to strive to better themselves and do great …

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