PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Suresh Taneja’s The Redeemers shows you an ideal India of 2030. It gives you hope and the power to dream; it is inspiring, but in the end, it gives an idealist way and not a perfect way to fight corruption. The book was […]
Ghostman | Roger Hobbs | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 I love thrillers and can never have enough of them. Unfortunately, most of the books that I receive for review are either non-fiction or general fiction. I do not leave any chance of reading a thriller book when I am faced with one. […]
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 […]
Romi & Gang | Tushar Raheja | Book Review
PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 In Star Wars, Yoda had said, “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not.” When I received Tushar Raheja’s “Romi & Gang” from Pirates, this quote was the first thing that came […]
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 […]
Complete/Convenient | Ketan Bhagat | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Chetan Bhagat taught India to read. Now his younger sibling Ketan Bhagat has joined the coveted “author” bandwagon by penning his debut Complete/Convenient. I know it’s really not fair of me to introduce the debut author by relating to his brother, but then […]
Never Say Never | Anjali Kirpalani | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Never Say Never is the debut novel of Anjali Kirpalani, a lovely ‘been-there-done-it-all’ girl who has tried her hands at everything ranging from business management, marketing, TV reporting, print journalism, voice-over artistry and radio jockeying. Currently working with ET now, this young talented […]
Saleem on Earth and Other Stories | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Reading short stories is definitely not the same as reading a full-fledged novel. In a novel, the author has the time to build the characters and the plot while the reader gets to peel off the layers one by one in anticipation of […]
Road Humps and Sidewalks | Kalyan C. Kankanala | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 I like to consider myself a no-nonsense person and always try to be brief and to the point in the things I do, even in the reviews I write. Accordingly, I prefer books which are not very gung-ho about trivialities and remain on […]
Seriously, Sitara? | Nishat Fatima | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Nishat Fatima, the highly renowned and celebrated editor of Harper’s Bazaar India has come out with her debut novel – Seriously, Sitara? The self-confessed romance fan is now here with her romantic-comedy to amuse the Indian readers. So let’s find out whether this […]
The Troubleshooter | Sanjay Shankar | Book Review
PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 After the success of the Banker series written by Ravi Subramanian, a number of books on similar subjects have been written. A few of them have been successful like ’31: A Thriller’ by Upendra Namburi; a few of them have gone bust. Coming […]
Ohh! Gods are Online | Rashma Kalsie & George Dixon | Book Review
PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 2/5 WRITING STYLE: 1.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2/5 Srishti is one of the fastest-growing publishing houses in India. The books published by Srishti have a decent story and also do well commercially. We have reviewed quite a few books published by them – “The Secrets of the Dark”, “The Homing Pigeons”, […]