Book review- Confession of an island by A tan Pal

Two word review-Vicious circle

Synopsis- An island witnesses love and harassment over the period of time.

A woman gets stuck in an island with a stranger having no idea why she is narrating the stories that she has been asked to narrate.

A man who has a heart turns out to be cruel and seek for..shhh.. I won't tell what he seeks, find it out yourself.

Review-
Often we grab a book, but this book grabbed me. I could not put it down until I read the last word.
It was like an adventurous ride through pages where I was riding through unknown turns enjoying every bit of it.
The end was unpredictable on my part and that is what I love the most when I read a thriller mystery book.
The author did justice to the story in his part.
Was in love with it at first read.
Indians can write engrossing thrillers too.

Here is a review by Shruti: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1763779585

Review: Heart of Bullets

Heart of Bullets by Nikhil Kushwaha
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Book- Heart of Bullets
Author- Nikhil Kushwaha
Publishers- Petals Publishers

Critic comes first,I was disappointed with editing of the book. It was recklessly done which could have been better done.

The story is narrated in first person by the protagonist, Arpan. The story revolves around his and his best friend's life. A story of love found, lost and found again.
The scenario of wars was breath taking as if happening live in front of me I could hear the gun rattles myself through words.
A strong story line it has just lost the track in between but then held it back towards the end.
The end was shocking but then love always is crazy.
All together a must read to know what true love is!
Recommended to all those who don't believe in fairy tale love.

Ratings- 4/5



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Review: Love Story? Seriously!

Love Story? Seriously! by Shivi Pandey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Book- Love story? Seriously!
Author- Shivi Pandey
Paperback

Review-A very apt title for the story inside. It wasn't a love story but a love 'search' story.
The story revolves around life of Samar who badly wants love in life that but it always reject him and the moment love enters he rejects it back and finally when he is ready to embrace love a twist happens, read the story for that!
The story moves very smoothly and hardly does it gets boring, the style of writing is crisp and to the point. The story is full of wit and humour. The twist in the end was unexpecting and leaves the reader with many questions that they want to ask the author.

Typos were found but that is common human error.

Recommendation- Don't want to read a love story then read this..slightsmile emoticon

Rating-3.5/5

Shruti.


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Review: A Road Not Traveled

A Road Not Traveled by J. Alchem
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Title- A road not traveled
Author- J Alchem
Type- Paperback

Review-
'Vasudev Kutumbukam' one world one country. A dream that many individual see but only few think about it and rarely anyone takes the action and here is one person who wrote about the same. A book that will make you forget your problems and think about the world's problem and not just the problems but the solution is also talked about.
An intiative taken is an action done.
A very well written book that can surely bring the change.

Rating-4/5

Shruti

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Review: The Crossbow Code

The Crossbow Code by MC RAJ
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

History revealed, truth unfolds!

Book- The Crossbow Code
Author- MC Raj.

Review-

The book is all about politics, power, capitalism, dominance and what not. A source of knowledge of the world history answering the loop holes we have had reading history in classes.
A totally different picture of the father of the nation that are kept hidden behind the black and blue text in our history books.

The masquerade fell from filthy faces of the people who call them as follower of Jesus.

I personally loved the one liners or the text in Italics as the summary of the paragraphs and revelation of the deeper meaning hidden in it.
In author's style I would like to conclude, 'History revealed, truths unfolded.

The book had typos which is a common human error and repetition of terms like Pandora's box could have been avoided.

Reccomendation-Recommended to those who take a keen interest in world history and are ready to accept the truth.

Rating-4/5

-Shruti

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Review: Behind The Curtain

Behind The Curtain by Ankit Gupta
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Book- Behind the curtain
Author-Ankit Gupta "Aseer"
Type- E-book
Synopsis- This book talks about different social issues, from the dark childhood to women bleeding blue, from female infanticide to burning her for dwory, the book takes you to the dark allies of India.
The book was originally written in hindi and then was translated in english by Ashiya Ansari and the job is well done.

Review- When you switch your mobile data off and then eventually end up putting it on flight mode so that you don't get disturbed while reading an e-book and reading it an hour before taking an exam is an act that tells it all.
As soon as I received the book I could not resist reading it and reading it all at once. I could not realize when the book ended as I kept on pressing the next button but the page did not flip.
All the poems were captivating and by the end of it I had damp eyes seeing my India captivated in the walls of these social issues.
They are beautifully weaved by "Aseer" and balanced with correct emotions.

There were two typos that I could see but then human error is unavoidable.

A must read book on the issues that is burning India.
Rating- 4.5/5

-Shruti Mall

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Review: Love Forever @ Rajpath

Love Forever @ Rajpath by Kalpana Mishra
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Book- Love forever@ Rajpath
Author- Kalpana Mishra.

Synopsis- The story is based in Delhi and revolves around the lives of Shalini and Kartik, who eventually happen to work in the same government office and destiny make the cupid strike the arrow of love on them.

Review- The story is beautifully woven in the government office but its not just an usual love story. The story also highlights some common problems that we usually don't ponder upon, one being absence of public washrooms for women.
Later the story also talk about forceful marriage, 'Jabra bihah' that happens in Bihar which is not known to a lot of people.
I found the story to be different and interesting. It is away from the mushy love stories that are the everyday affair today and boring.
Its a readable treat for those who are bored of the teenage love story and want to read a sensible story with a strong plot.

Ratings- 4/5

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