This book is like a vast painting, a tremendous amount of experience shrank in words. Like painting you have to watch it from far, if you come closer and watch details of brush strokes, it is possible you might not get the whole picture, you may find it scattered, you have to see it as a big artwork , huge painting that is understandable only as a whole. A whole picture of our rotten system and humanity, morality.

With a sharp narrative she ripped the mask from society’s face thorough and thorough. True, words are weapon.

Natasha has a way to see things from different lenses, and unapologetically blatant. Definitely a deserving Booker longlisted book.

Rating – 4/5

Brace yourself for another whirlwind adventure journey with Jasveer Singh Dangi. I have read his previous two books and this one is completely different, it’s a different atmosphere, different emotional experience, and very different dark opponent territory that he intended to explore this time which will give you goosebumps in every chapter.

I always loved his fast paced storytelling which created spellbinding vivid adventure blended with mythical fantasy, but this time it’s close to reality. He woven plot from a historical fact and spin a gripping adventure that explores historical beliefs, brotherhood, friendship, and finding lost treasure theme.

What would you do if you uncovered the secret of a hidden treasure? Would you chase the gold—or hunt down the war criminals who buried it? A cryptic message sparks a high-stakes cat and mouse chase, a dangerous race to unearth both Nazi war criminals and a treasure lost for over 55 years in Canada.

author used technology, Data Science, the technical aspects of the modern world and life as a clever add in the classy treasure hunt storyline. A witty assistant that is intriguing and adds much suspense for today’s readers, with a pinch of emotional backdrop the story keeps moving with friends and Sahiba’s mission to uncover the lost treasure.

Chasing Shadows is thrilling, action adventure, with the essence of a second chance, technical aspects, scientific cognitive processes, friendships, and suspense this book is a modern adventure novel.

Rating – 4/5

A book that will make you scream, you would wish to jump into the story and tell Adam – “Just Stop this and tell everything to Levi!!” The intensity was unbearable, it will brutally enveloped you into the plot, frustration was so high that it will make you breathless.

Dilemma is my first book by B.A. Paris and gosh what a book  the author knows how to choke you with extreme tension, it’s masculine and emotionally agitating. You must have a strong heart to handle such ferocious psychological storm.

Blurb:

It’s livia’s 40th birthday and she’s having the party of a lifetime to make up for the wedding she never had. Everyone she loves will be there except her daughter Marnie, who’s studying abroad. But although Livia loves Marnie, she’s secretly glad she won’t be at the party. She needs to tell Adam something about their daughter but she’s waiting until the party is over so they can have this last happy time together. Adam wants everything to be perfect for Livia so he’s secretly arranged for Marnie to come home and surprise her on her birthday. During the day, he hears some terrible news. He needs to tell Livia, because how can the party go on? But she’s so happy, so excited – and the guests are about to arrive. The dilemma – how far would you go to give someone you love a last few hours of happiness?.

Rating – 4/5

Nothing short of an action packed movie this book is absolutely gripping, a comprehensive writing on life in a police job, pulsating narrative of the true crime world is here laid down in a form of short stories.

It is the 1970s. Mumbai is in the underworld’s vice grip. Film stars, businessmen, traders and the common man-no one is safe from the mafia’s greed and wrath. But a determined, intelligent and no-nonsense policeman is about to bring them to justice … without ever firing a single bullet.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retd) Madhukar B. Zende is best-known for his sensational arrest of the serial murderer Charles Sobhraj, aka the Serpent. He is also lauded for successfully managing the violent riots in Mumbai that broke out in the aftermath of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1993, and ushering in an era of peace.

But Zende has many more stories of crime and justice under his belt, and in this book, he gives readers a glimpse into what it meant to be a cop in the seventies and eighties. From the puzzling case of the murder of Shanta Devi to the kidnapping of a famous movie mogul to the capture of dark luminaries like Arun Gawli, Karim Lala, Haji Mastan and Babu Reshim, Mumbai’s Most Wanted is a riveting account of a supercop who brought some of the city’s most dreaded villains to their knees

What I liked is  absolutely honest bravery, breathtaking brain twisting situation depicted with lucid style. I liked the first story, that mystery has uniqueness just like fiction which Zende solved brilliantly, that unfolded with twists. His thinking process amazed me, no wonder why he was the most decorated mumbai cop.

8 Important cases are discussed here and among them Charles Shobhraj capture was highly interesting, it picturized how background intelligence and active force work cohesive, that synchronisation leads to the success story.

Highly recommended this book to all, every Indian must know how our brave officers are working for our safety.

Rating – 5/5

A book that needs more talk on bookstagram

A book that will give you hangover for lifetime….

I want to go back to the alleys in Barcelona with Daniel and Julian…

It’s the book all booklovers would want to get lost inside, a book you wouldn’t want to be finished.

A book you want to curl up with in a blanket for the whole winter .

This is one exceptional book that can not be categorised as genre or story, honestly after reading I can’t figure it out what I just read!!

If I say about the story that it is a story of how a teenage boy inspired a forgotten writer to re-live life and write again then it’s just a tip of a mountain, if I say it’s a beautiful book of love and social issues laced with psychological aspects then it will be injustice to the story. You can’t get a thorough review for this book, it has lots of layers like gothic vibe, hunting desires of human nature, childhood trauma, a bookstore that vowed to save books and reading, a side character as wise as professor yet so goofy, full of sarcasm that nobody gave him importance, it has a dreamy main character as a teenage boy who want to know about a book that he found in the cemetery of a lost books, Daniel, who could fight with anyone to get any information about the author who is in oblivion, and the author who saw himself in the boy.. it has magical ambiance and tone of fantasy book, it has suspense as thriller, it has mystery like horror and wisdom like novel.

A book that has stronger subplots than the main plot, even each subplot has a subplot.

I would say go blindly as a reader and discover the book by yourself, you won’t regret it.

The emotional depths and the reading pleasure I experienced, I cannot describe in words. The indescribable happiness will be staying with me for life, I know.

A must read book for all.

Rating – 5/5