PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 It was the year 2012 and I was cooling my heels off at my family home in Agra. With little work my hands on, I was desperately relying on Facebook and the ‘Game of Thrones’ series to spend my time. Just then, it […]
Message from a Hidden Past | Jos Rogiers | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3.5/5 RESEARCH: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 HISTORICAL VALUE: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 Imagine you get up in the morning, step out of your house to relish the freshly settled morning dew on your bougainvillaea and begonias, and you come across a book at your doorstep, a rather mysterious looking manuscript written by a dwarf. […]
Thundergod: The Ascendance of Indra | Rajiv Menon | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Among the plethora of mythological fiction authors that have swarmed the local bookstores and online retailers, some manage to make their mark in the world of literature, some manage to pass by as just another me-too and a few others come and go […]
The Fire Chronicle | John Stephens | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Fantasy fiction is a tricky thing to write. Not only does it require imagination on the part of the author, he/she should also be able to translate it onto paper effectively so that the readers will be able to imagine the same thing. […]
Krishna and the Lake of Souls | Anurag Bhatt | Book Review
PLOT: 1.5/5 CHARACTERS: 1/5 WRITING STYLE: 1/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 1.5/5 Harry Potter is the best fantasy fiction I have ever read. It is my strong belief that by penning the Potter series, J.K Rowling has done a service to the world. I salute her for giving us this greatest work of literature, giving […]
A Game of Thrones | George R.R. Martin | Book Review
PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 “When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.” – Cersei Lannister There are very few books which deserve to be acknowledged in the category of Epics. A Game of Thrones is certainly one of them. The first book in […]
Heroes: Saving Charlie | Aury Wallington | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Heroes: Saving Charlie is a novel written by Aury Wallington which is based on the famous TV series – Heroes. I picked this book with great enthusiasm as I used to enjoy the show a great deal and thought it would be a […]
Priestess of the White | Trudi Canavan | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 I picked up Trudy Canavan’s Priestess of the White from a second-hand bookstore without having read any of her previous books. I was intrigued by the cover and the blurb excited me enough to make me buy the Book One of the “Age of […]
The Secrets of the Dark | Arka Chakrabarti | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 “The Secrets of the Dark” is the first book in the series of ‘The Saga of Agni’. Written by debut author Arka Chakrabarti, the book is nothing but sheer indulgence. In this book, Arka writes about the mystical land of Gaya which is […]
Alice in Deadland | Mainak Dhar | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 This is the first book I’m reviewing that I’ve not bought with my own money. I hadn’t imagined this task would be so difficult. I was caught between logic & emotion. My heart told me that I loved this book and should rate […]
Stefan’s Diaries Origins | L. J. Smith | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Stefan’s Diaries Origins is the first part of Stefan’s Diaries, the book where Stefan’s journey begins. This book is a must-read for anybody who follows the American Channel CW’s best show “The Vampire Diaries” for it takes you through the complete and unabridged […]