Fiction

The Great Indian Democracy Manivannan

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 …

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Behind the Game John Sealey

Behind the Game | John Sealey | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 In India, cricket is a religion. When team India plays, one billion pairs of eyes watch. Even when the game ends, it is discussed for days in village centres, office cubicles, college canteens, school buses and even in kitty parties. We consider ourselves …

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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 …

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Sita's Curse

Sita’s Curse: The Language of Desire | Sreemoyee Piu Kundu | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Erotica is a genre of books that is perhaps not yet in the limelight as much as it ought to be. “Fifty Shades of Grey” was perhaps the book that broke the shackles, both in the international market and the Indian scene too. …

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Forever in my Heart

Forever in My Heart | Arindam Dey | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 There has been a flurry of “love stories” in the Indian publishing industry, with every debut author writing one. As the saying goes, why try to fix something that isn’t broken? So, if there seems to be a perception that love stories get …

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The Finisher David Baldacci

The Finisher | David Baldacci | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 I have never read a David Baldacci book before, but from what I could gather from so many of my fellow book lovers is that he is indeed a master craftsman of words. Unfortunately for me, that was not the case to be, …

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Rab Rakha Karnika Gupta

Rab Rakha | Karnika Gupta | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 There are many different styles of writing a book – you could go for the first-person narration or the 3rd person narration; there is the Jeffrey Archer style where the narration oscillates between various characters and many other ways. People have been coming …

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The Emperor's Riddles

The Emperor’s Riddles | Satyarth Nayak | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 2.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 The contribution of ancient Indians to the development of various sciences is substantial. Aryabhatta invented zero and gave us the modern number system. Over 2600 years ago, Sushruta conducted surgeries like cataract, fractures, and brain surgeries. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by earth …

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Karachi, You're Killing Me

Karachi, You’re Killing Me | Saba Imtiaz | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Every story is unique and so is every author’s writing style. In between the two most important components of a book – plot and entertainment quotient, the author makes a trade-off. And it is the success of this trade-off, which makes a book …

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Oliver's Story

Oliver’s Story | Erich Segal | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 A few weeks back I had reviewed the book “Love Story” by Erich Segal. Needless to say, the book was a masterpiece and found its way into the heart of almost everyone who has ever read it. Having such a great prequel, there …

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Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful What You Wish For | Jeffrey Archer | Book Review

PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Writing a series is not as easy as the plethora of successful titles that you see on the shelves of your local bookstores. Not only would you have to make sure the long drawn out story is of interest to the reader, but …

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