PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Being born in the historic city of Agra does more to you than just Taj Mahal, it nurtures you in a society where Ram is enacted, glorified, worshipped and loved. I had the privilege of growing up in the place where the tradition […]
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 […]
Two Fates | Judy Balan | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Two Fates by Judy Balan is the story of a couple, Rishab and Deepika, falling in and out of love, and what happens when their families decide to bring their love story back on track. When you pick up a chick-lit book to […]
The Shadow Throne | Aroon Raman | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Since Chetan Bhagat published his first teen novel “5 Point Someone” in 2004, a plethora of authors have flooded the Indian Literary scene. Many giants have emerged like Ashwin Sanghi, Amish Tripathi and Ravi Subramanian. Similarly, there were many others who came & […]
The Taj Conspiracy | Manreet Sodhi Someshwar | Book Review
PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 “History + Mystery = The Taj Conspiracy” While doing my engineering, I had come across P.K.Oak’s conspiracy theory that Taj Mahal was, in fact, a Shiva temple called ‘Tejo Mahalay’. I had spent days researching the topic, reading historical literature, articles and conspiracies […]
Chanakya’s Chant | Ashwin Sanghi | Book Review
PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 “Adi Shakti, Namo Namah Sarab Shakti, Namo Namah Prithum Bhagvati, Namo Namah” If you love History and Contemporary Fiction, then “Chanakya’s Chant” is ideal for you. The two subjects are poles apart and, to combine them and make the outcome interesting is a […]
The Day of the Jackal | Frederick Forsyth | Book Review
PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 “One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. And as the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that […]
The Suspect | Michael Robotham | Book Review
PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 I suffer from “Genre Craze”. For certain periods I pick a genre and read as many books as I can before the craze dies. Now it is Murder Mysteries & before that, it was Action/Adventure and before that Legal Thrillers. I was at the brink […]
Girls of Riyadh | Rajaa Alsanea | Book Review
PLOT: 2/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 2/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 As mysterious and glamorous as it sounds, “Girls of Riyadh” is a far cry from what the name suggests, and that holds true at least for me as an Indian reader. I believe it to be a lot more scandalous in the eyes […]
The Matarese Circle | Robert Ludlum | Book Review
PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 “Vasili Taleniekov, former director of the KGB – wanted by the Politburo. Brandon Scofield, the West’s most professional assassin, now considered dangerous and unstable by the State Department. These two men, sworn enemies, forced to join forces against a common enemy – The […]