Fantasy Books

Dharmayoddha Kalki by Kevin Missal

Dharmayoddha Kalki | Kevin Missal | Book Review

PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Who is Kalki? Kalki, as can be gauged from the aforementioned lines, is the prophesied 10th avatar of Lord Vishnu who will take birth in Kal Yuga to end Adharma. As is obvious from the title itself, “Dharmayoddha Kalki” tells us the story …

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The Rise of Sivagami Novel by Anand Neelakantan

The Rise of Sivagami | Anand Neelakantan | Book Review

Anand Neelakantan’s “The Rise of Sivagami” is a prequel to the epic Indian movie “Bahubali: The Beginning”. PLOT: 4/5CHARACTERS: 5/5WRITING STYLE: 4/5CLIMAX: 4/5ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Anand Neelakantan’s “The Rise of Sivagami” (Book 1) is a prequel to the epic Indian movie “Bahubali: The Beginning”. The film’s director S.S. Rajamouli, after reading “Asura: The Tale of …

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The Stonekeeper's Curse

The Stonekeeper’s Curse (Amulet #2) | Kazu Kibuishi | Book Review

STORY: 4/5 BOOK COVER: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 ILLUSTRATIONS: 3/5 ADVENTURE QUOTIENT: 4/5 As in my earlier review, I told that a monster takes away the children’s mother and the story of book one about how the children saved their mother from the monster. This book is a continuation of the book one of the Amulet …

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coraline

Coraline | Neil Gaiman | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 I live in the small town of Hosapete near Hampi in Karnataka. There aren’t many choices available to buy books here and so, whenever I get a chance I travel to the nearby Hubli, I religiously visit the Sapna Book Mall there. It …

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ready player one

Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | Book Review

PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 2.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 2/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 There is nothing quite as irksome as a promising book that fails to deliver. Despite its potential, Ernest Cline’s poorly executed science fiction/fantasy debut “Ready Player One” has too many glaring deficiencies. The two non-negotiable elements in producing top-notch fantasy are imagination and intensity. Cline’s imagination is …

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the ghost writer

The Ghost Writer | Damon Norko | Book Review

PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 One look at “The Ghost Writer” and it is quite easy to dismiss the unappealing cover but when you bother to read the blurb, it sounds rather intriguing and appealing. And that was exactly why I decided to pick this book out of …

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the ocean at the end of the lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane | Neil Gaiman | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 A little boy. An unnamed monster. Birds from an unnamed realm which feed on said unnamed monster. A woman so old that she witnessed the Big Bang. A girl who has been 11 years old for an uncertain period of time. A pond that is an ocean. These are just a few of the elements in The Ocean at the End of …

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The Quest by Dani Hoots

The Quest | Dani Hoots | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 The Quest by Dani Hoots is the first in the Sanshlian series and is the story of a young girl Arcadia who lives on the planet Garvner along with her brother Rik and her dad. One day when she is only six years …

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Miss Mabel's School for Girls by Katie Cross

Miss Mabel’s School for Girls | Katie Cross | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Before I start this review I must state one single fact – I am a complete Harry Potter fan and hence my loving Miss Mabel’s School for Girls was a predestined thing. How? Well, for starters this book is about witches and magic …

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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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Shatru Kronikles

Shatru Kronikles Book-1 | Sai Vadhan | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Writing fantasy fiction is no cakewalk. It takes elephantine courage and an equally gargantuan imagination to come up with something which can be garnished and served as fantasy fiction to an audience who have basked in glorious worlds of Narnia, Hogwarts and their …

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