PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Never Say Never is the debut novel of Anjali Kirpalani, a lovely ‘been-there-done-it-all’ girl who has tried her hands at everything ranging from business management, marketing, TV reporting, print journalism, voice-over artistry and radio jockeying. Currently working with ET now, this young talented […]
Seriously, Sitara? | Nishat Fatima | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Nishat Fatima, the highly renowned and celebrated editor of Harper’s Bazaar India has come out with her debut novel – Seriously, Sitara? The self-confessed romance fan is now here with her romantic-comedy to amuse the Indian readers. So let’s find out whether this […]
Love is Vodka | Amit Shankar | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 2.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT STYLE: 3/5 Love is Vodka is a book written by Amit Shankar which talks about the journey of a teenage girl Moon. The book is written in a breezy style describing the life of the young teenager and her subsequent adventures with guys, career and […]
First You Plz | Nisha B. Thakur | Book Review
PLOT: 1/5 CHARACTERS: 1.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 1/5 CLIMAX: 1.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 1.5/5 First You Plz is a novel or rather a novella by the author Nisha B. Thakur. It is the story of Avanti and her love interest Aakash. The story starts when Avanti, accompanied by her two friends, embarks upon a journey from the […]
Bollywood Striptease | Neeta Shah | Book Review
PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 2.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 “Numerous auditions – Cut, Shoot and Freeze, Abundant emotions – Love, Rage and Tease, Plentiful dialogues – What! Oh no..!! and Please, Brew your coffee and lay back in ease, Enjoy all this in the tantalizing world of “Bollywood Striptease” Neeta Shah’s Bollywood […]
You Never Know When You’ll Get Lucky | Priya Narendra | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/ WRITING STYLE: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Seldom does it happen that you find books that entice you to read by their appearance. Priyadarshini Narendra’s You Never Know When You’ll Get Lucky has a fantastic cover and I say this because I read this book because of the cover. The cover […]
Anything for You Ma’am | Tushar Raheja | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 It surprises me how quickly this “IIT-IIM cum writer” trend established its roots in India. The start came with Chetan Bhagat‘s “Five Point Someone”. And nowadays every IIM grad dreams about writing his story and getting it published. Frankly speaking, even I dream […]
Polka Dots, Pony Tails and Purple Pouts | Amrita Anand | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Polka Dots, Pony Tails and Purple Pouts is a book about three Indian girls who are working in Pune and share a room. They are what can be best described as froomies (friends-cum-roomies). Jasmine, Tia and Leena are the typical modern-day Indian women – […]
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 the right man since she turns 7 years old. This quest, to her sheer delight, will take her from Panchgani, […]
Stilettos in the Newsroom | Rashmi Kumar | Book Review
PLOT: 1.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 1/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2/5 In the mood for some good chick-lit, I logged into Flipkart to browse through the genre. What I came across was a catchy and suggestively Page3-scandalous-sort title “Stilettos in the Newsroom”. I decided to order it right away and thanks to Flipkart the […]