PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 The dazzling lights, the boisterous crowd, excited family and friends and all the shenanigans brighten up the atmosphere of yet another big fat Indian wedding that entwines two families together. As everyone, from both the families, leaves no stone unturned to make sure […]
Trust Me Not | Ankita Verma Datta | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5CHARACTERS: 4.5/5WRITING STYLE: 4.5/5CLIMAX: 4.5/5ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5 Where I Muse When I was done reading “Trust Me Not”, it took me a lot of time to decide the genre I would put the book in. The book has elements of a political thriller, romance and drama. To classify it into one genre would be […]
Mesmerising Aura of Love | Roshan Kothari | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 What is the storyline? Romance is a genre which will never go out of fashion. There are always readers who enjoy reading about love blooming and blossoming into eternal love stories. “Mesmerising Aura of Love” is a book which not just tells us […]
This is Not Your Story | Savi Sharma | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 The Hype Having read Everyone Has a Story by the same author, I had almost written off “This is Not Your Story” as another mediocre and seriously hyped book, but, when one day I mustered the courage to finally read it, I was […]
Windfall | Jennifer E. Smith | Book Review
PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 “Windfall” is a novel by the U.S. based young adult writer Jennifer E. Smith who is most famously known for her works “The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight”, “This is What Happy Looks Like” and “The Geography of You and Me”. […]
This Can’t Be Happening | Neha Singh | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 2.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Essentially a college romance After a long time, I picked up a college romance; after 12 books precisely because the last college romance that I read was Our Story Needs No Filter by Sudeep Nagarkar. “This Can’t Be Happening” is the story of […]
Our Story Needs No Filter | Sudeep Nagarkar | Book Review
“Our Story Needs No Filter” is a tale of friendship, love and the fight against odds. PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 My Tryst with Sudeep Nagarkar While I have enjoyed most of Sudeep’s books – You Are Trending in My Dreams, You are the Password to My Life, and […]
You are My Reason to Smile | Arpit Vageria | Book Review
PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 What got me in? I was looking for short Kindle reads for some light nighttime reading when I came across “You are My Reason to Smile”. The title is one of those cheesy ones which are meant to capture and captivate but honestly, […]
Everyone Has a Story | Savi Sharma | Book Review
PLOT: 2.5/5CHARACTERS: 2.5/5WRITING STYLE: 2.5/5CLIMAX: 2/5ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 After seeing “Everyone Has a Story” break many records, I was very keen on reading this one. Savi Sharma is credited with being India’s first successful self-published author. Her book was first self-published and after selling like hotcakes, she was offered a deal from Westland. And that […]
Baaz | Anuja Chauhan | Book Review
PLOT: 4.5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Anuja Chauhan needs no introductions. She has been rightly hailed as the best writer of commercial fiction in India. Her signature writing is characterized by a unique plot, awesome characters and loads and tons of entertainment. It is highly likely thus, that her […]
You are the Best Wife | Ajay K. Pandey | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5CHARACTERS: 4.5/5WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5CLIMAX: 3/5ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Every time I check out Amazon for the bestsellers list, I almost always find this book. This book has been on my TBR list for too long now. So, when I found myself looking for a light read, I decided to go for the easier option and […]
Silver Dreams | Kusum Choppra | Book Review
PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 The sentiment conveyed in the above lines is perfectly applicable to the protagonists of the book “Silver Dreams” who try to find love at an age where they are being treated as discards from regular life. The protagonists live in an old age […]