Book Review

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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The Heretics Will Storr

The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science | Will Storr | Book Review

SUBJECT: 4/5 RESEARCH: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 The world is never short of alternate sciences or theories or remedies or any other thing. If there is a correct way to do a thing, many alternate ways, some good and some farce, always find a way into existence. Allopathy, homoeopathy, naturopathy, acupuncture, etc. Psychotherapy …

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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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Men are from Mars Women are from Venus

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus | John Gray | Book Review

SUBJECT: 2.5/5 WRITINGS STYLE: 1/5 RESEARCH: 1.5/5 RELEVANCE: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2/5 If we look into the relationship psychology of men (supposedly Martians) and women (yup you guessed it right Venusians), both have a different perspective about an ideal relationship, but can one really divide both the categories into entirely different races. I wonder what …

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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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The Winds of Hastinapur

The Winds of Hastinapur | Sharath Komarraju | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 With more than 74,000 verses and about 1.8 million words, Mahabharata is the longest epic in the world. It has been widely translated, simplified, retold and fictionalised over the centuries. But most of them do not give you the total picture of the …

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A Dilli Mumbai Love Story

A Dilli-Mumbai Love Story | Abhimanyu Jha | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Love is the single most reason which can be attributed to most of our actions. We do what we do because somewhere, someone whom we so dearly love will be benefitting from our actions. So, when you are so irrevocably in love with …

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Advantage Love Madhuri Banerjee

Advantage Love | Madhuri Banerjee | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 I have read Madhuri Banerjee’s work before. It was much before we envisaged BookGeeks and thus, I never got a chance to post its review on our website. “Advantage Love” is way more complicated and demanding in terms of writing than “Losing My …

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