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 […]
Just Kidding… Yours, Destiny | Anirban Das | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 The greatest prankster in the world is destiny or fate or karma. It always teases us, and never lets anything go according to plan; it is the greatest devotee of Murphy’s Law. When things seem to be going smooth and comfortably, destiny gets […]
Ghanta College: The Art of Topping College Life | Clyde D’Souza | Book Review
SUBJECT: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 RELEVANCE: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 No part of our lives can be as colourful and as vivid as college life. We make mistakes, date ass*****, bunk lectures, flaunt fake accents, try to dress up like that hot male/female supermodel, and end up making a fool of ourselves. We make friends, […]
The Competent Authority | Shovon Chowdhury | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 A satire is almost always an interesting read. Masterly crafted words burn every significant thing to the ground; it defies authority and authority is made the subject of its pun. Critics and intellectuals thoroughly enjoy it but it fails to capture the imagination […]
The Paperback Badshah | Abhay Nagarajan | Book Review
PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 Sankalpita had earlier reviewed Abhay Nagarajan’s “Corporate Atyaachaar” on BookGeeks, and she was not very generous with her review. I had even questioned her because the cover, and the title, were very catchy. When we received The Paperback Badshah from Srishti, she asked […]
So…U’l…Mate? | Bharat Hegde | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 The first thing anyone would notice about this book is its title. It is not ‘Soul Mate’; it is ‘So…u’l…mate?’ and I need not tell you the meaning. This is the first clue that the author gives about what lies within those 200 […]
The Zoya Factor | Anuja Chauhan | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Statutory Warning: Don’t read this book in public. You will laugh so much, people will think you are mad. Cricket is one of India’s biggest craze and is considered a second religion by many. Not many books have been written on the subject […]
There May be an Asterisk Involved | Vedashree Khambete | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Humour is a very difficult genre to write. There is a fine balance between making crass jokes and actually creating laugh-out-loud jokes. And perhaps, the best kind of humour is the one that is developed with the plot in mind, the one they […]
Beaten by Bhagath | S.V. Divvaakar | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 I had heard a lot about this book on Goodreads but never got the opportunity to read it. So, I was thrilled when Dinesh Juneja of Creativa India, promotional partners of the author, got in touch with me and sent me this review […]
Marry Go Round | Sadiqa Peerbhoy | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 When I received this book from Leadstart Corp, I asked Sankalpita to review it because this particular genre is her forte and I didn’t want to review a subject which I’m not good at and one which I do not prefer reading. I […]