PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 2.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Reading a book of an author that you haven’t come across before, is certainly a very interesting experience. The only thing that you have going is the cover in the front and the blurb at the back. While they do say that you […]
When Strangers Meet | K. Hari Kumar | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 I got to know Hari through a Goodreads forum and learnt about his book When Strangers Meet while it was still in pre-release stage. There’s a line in the blurb – “How will the tale from Iyer’s past affect Jai’s future?” This is what […]
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 with the murder of his best friend. But when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an […]
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 opportunity and agreed to review the genres which I prefer reading. I was with him when he received the copy […]
The Trial | Franz Kafka | Book Review
PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Has it ever happened to you that you are chugging your way through a book at a good decent pace planning on giving it a good old 4 because of its plot, characters and writing style? You feel like it has its own […]
Sethji | Shobhaa De | Book Review
PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 1/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2/5 I still regret the day I wasted 250 bucks on Sethji by Shobhaa De. If you love to read books full of cuss words, whoring women and filthy old men, then this book is for you. If you say NO to any of […]
Girls of Riyadh | Rajaa Alsanea | Book Review
PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 As mysterious and glamorous as it sounds, “Girls of Riyadh” is a far cry from what the name suggests, and that holds true at least for me as an Indian reader. I believe it to be a lot more scandalous in the eyes […]