STORIES: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 There are both pluses and minuses with short stories. They lack the depth and detail of a full-length novel, but are short and undemanding; you… [Continue Reading]
The Disappearance of Tejas Sharma | Manish Mahajan | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Beyond the realms of men, there is a world; a world where the unknown and the unexplained resides, a world which information and education can’t… [Continue Reading]
Unaccustomed Earth | Jhumpa Lahiri | Book Review
PLOTS: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Hailed as one of the best known authors of today, she is a celebrated recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in the… [Continue Reading]
The King’s Harvest | Chetan Raj Shrestha | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 3 /5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 I remember it was the summer of 1996; my aunt was newly married and still living with us when her tall, dark,… [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]
