PLOT: 4.5/5 CONCEPT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Divyamaan is an exceptionally talented writer. Why do I say this? Because of this ceaseless laughter initiator which I was just holding in my hands a few hours back. So what is this device that I am talking about? Well if you are […]
A Newlywed’s Adventures in Married Land | Shweta Ganesh Kumar | Book Review
PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Marriage in the new age is not that easy. There are egos, there are temperaments and then there are careers, expectations and whatnot. So how does the new age woman cope up? Does she give up her career for the sake of family? […]
Mrs Funnybones | Twinkle Khanna | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CANDIDNESS: 3.5/5 HUMOUR: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 To be able to write humour is a gift and after reading “Mrs Funnybones” I can surely vouch for Twinkle Khanna in this department. Reading her book is akin to having a dose of the laughing gas as throughout the 233 odd pages […]
Another Face in the Crowd | Indraneel DG | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 It is always a pleasure to read to humour, be it in the form of a memoir or be it in the simple and ripe form of fiction. Humour always leaves you with a happy feeling and makes you keep wanting for more. […]
The House That BJ Built | Anuja Chauhan | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 If you are really into Indian fiction and consider yourself a bookgeek, there is simply no way you couldn’t have heard of the name Anuja Chauhan as there is little chance of escaping the charms of this talented lady who has not one, […]
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells | Sebastian Faulks | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 “Jeeves and the Wedding Bells” is a tribute by Sebastian Faulks to the evergreen legend, P.G. Wodehouse. This book in a most humble way seeks to revive one of the most legendary characters in the world of fiction and I must say that […]
With a Pinch of Salt | Jas Anand | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3/5 RELEVANCE: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 In this ever-increasing competitive world of today, when most of us are running the rat race, it is always good to have a little dose of humour sprinkled between our daily chores. And what a beauty! When that humour seems to be about all the […]
Chaos Down Under | Nishant Kaushik | Book Review
PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Humour is possibly the most difficult genre to write on. Not everyone is good at it. There have been a lot of attempts to write humorous stories but not many of them have been successful to make the reader laugh. Of course, no […]
The Great Indian Democracy | Manivannan K | Book Review
PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 India’s is the largest democracy in the world and we, as Indians, are indeed honoured by the sheer fact of it. But this largest democracy has had its own share of unspeakable moments too. From multi-crore scams to sex scandals, this democracy has […]
Moonstone: The Incredible One Hour | Atul Gupta | Book Review
SUBJECT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 2/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 HUMOUR QUOTIENT: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Moonstone: The Incredible One Hour is all about a hilarious (and true) episode in the life of the author Atul Gupta. This episode occurred while the author was pursuing his studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Powai (nowadays referred to as […]
Sudhi Kannan: An Elephantic Adventure | Krishna | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Any frequent reader who regularly goes to a bookstore to buy books has an instinct for whether a story is good or not. After all, they only get to see the blurb and the cover, and at best, the first few pages to […]
Gone with the Vindaloo | Vikram Nair | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 One of the challenges that an author faces when he or she is writing a book is to bring the story alive to the readers. It is not always easy and is a talent that is perhaps not seen too often in today’s […]