Ashwatthama's Redemption : The Rise of Dandak

Book Review No. 9 -

Book Name - Ashwatthama's Redemption: The Rise of Dandak
Author - Gunjan Porwal
Publication - Om Books International
Pages - 264

The Story Unfolds :

Main Characters - Many because of its genre..but still to name a few: Rana, Ashwatthama, Vikram, Dandak.

Blurb :
Over a hundred years after the Mahabharata war, an ancient power threatens to destroy the new age of men, by establishing the Age of Terror of the asuras, long believed to be extinct. The only hurdle in its path is Guru Dronacharya's son, the mighty but accursed warrior Ashwatthama, who lost all his powers following Lord Krishna's curse, and who unwittingly finds himself drawn into the quest of the lost bow of Lord Rama - the kodanda.

As ghosts of the distant past, return to haunt him, and the line between friends and enemies blurs, Ashwatthama must fight his inner demons to emerge victorious. He undertakes a perilous journey- across the vast plains of the Ganges, to the snow-capped peaks of the himavant- where the price of failure is a fate worse than death, and death is a privilege not granted to ashwatthama.

Is this part of lord Krishna's great plan ? will ashwatthama be able to regain his lost glory?

Writing - 

The writing is simple and lucid. The narration is very precise and focused on the plot, the author has not lost focus during the entire writing and has not gone off the road in describing the sub-plots.
The Humor and new age words + Fiction + mythology + clear and crisp writing have spiced up the thriller very nicely.

Characterization -

The author has penned the friendship of Rana, Vikram, and Ashwatthama beautifully despite having age gaps. They can be termed as old age 3 idiots. Initial chapters have gone just to introduce the different characters and story build up.

What I like :

1) The book starts with Sanskrit shlokas.
2) Use of imagery in the book.
3) Easy to understand language.
4) Story depiction is so beautiful that u can visualize the whole story in your mind.
5) The journey through which the warrior goes are very adventurous and thrilling.

What I did not like :

1) Although I liked the book, somewhere in middle after the first half of the book it lacks pace and becomes a little monotonous.

My last word :

As a debutant author, he has done a commendable job because it takes a great zeal, potential, and effort with research to build such a strong plot and facts and figures. The book has ended at an amazing scene where you keep guessing that whether part 2 is on the cards or not?
It's definitely on the cards. I am damn excited. are you?

My rating for the book is 4.5/5
Book cover looks tempting - 4.5/5
Plot - 4.5/5

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Ripples in the Clouds

Book Review No. 8 -

Book Name - Ripples in the cloud
Author - Glory G Krishnan
Publisher - Swipe pages
Pages - 58

The Book Unfolds here -

This is a beautiful poetry book consists of 30 heart touching poems. The book revolves around the uncertainities and perplexities confronted onboard the voyage of life. The book goes on to unearth the sheer ingredients thronging life whilst attempting to unleash the charm of its mysterious beauty.
"Ripples in the clouds" unfurls the ramp to explore and relish the subtle nuances entailing life as each leaf unfolds a gush of thoughts to bewitch countless hearts.
This is author's debut book, coming from the poetry genre, it soothes your ears and sail beyond your expectations. A commendable effort and great use of words, so deep, that many of you will really go inside the beauty of words.

The poems which really touches my heart was from 10 to 18. Beautifully written and explained through the beauty of words. The book consist of poems of every phases like love, sorrow, pain, fear, happiness etc.

Poems 1 to 10 = Beautifully penned, my heart goes out for her.
Poems 10 to 18 = My favourite poems out of the lot. I was actually imagining the whole situation in my mind.
Poems 19 to 30 = Truly masterpiece. Must read.

One of the most beautiful poetry book i have came across. I urges all to buy this book as soon as possible.

Really excited to read the 2nd part of this masterclass poetry book.

My rating for the book is 4.5/5
Book cover 4.5/5
Poems classification -4.5/5
Poems framing and words used to describe - 5/5

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Quest for Paradise

Book Review No. 7 -

Book Name - Quest for paradise
Author - Shuchi Prasad
Publications- Notion Press
Pages- 114

The Story Unfolds :

Main Characters -

1) Ishana -  A Passionate Tattoo Artist.
2) Vaishakh Arora - An Investment banker
3) Imran - Owner of the Tattoo studio

Ishana, an aspiring tattoo artist, has to cope with all the people around her to gain what she truly desires. Quest for paradise is a story about love and struggling to vanquish everything in its way, whether its people,social stigmas or an unprecedented catastrophe.
This book revolves around 'Ishana' and her struggle to achieve her "quest for paradise". Story about love,struggle, tragic past,stigmas, floods and dream.

My Review -

This book shares Ishana's life, how her life changes when she meets Vaishakh Arora an investment banker. Initially she didn't liked him, but slowly and gradually she started liking him. Both have one thing in common - Their tragic past, which still haunts them.
Ishana has been molested by her uncle during her childhood days, even after knowing this their parents dint took any action. Her father was diagnosed with epilepsy, so there was no one to fund the house. On the other hand Vaishakh lost his mother at a young age.
They met at a tattoo studio in Mumbai and their life changes from there. How their life takes a U-turn when the Mumbai floods occured. This story can bring back the July, 2005 Mumbai floods memories. What happens in the end ? Do this 2 souls ever meet again ? Do they get their quest for paradise ?

Apart from this, some of the questions which triggerd my mind was :

1) Can parents cannot change their thinking in this fast changing and digital world ?
2) How to make a bridge between personal and professional life ?
3) Does child molestation by own relatives and that too with the parents knowledge does not have a answer ?
4) Can a stranger can turn into a life saviour ?

What i liked -

1) Narration, it took only 100 pages to depict the whole story.
2) Use of images.
3) Characterization of male and female characters.

Dislike -

1) Just one thing, some inaccurate information regarding public transport of Mumbai.

As a Debutant author, Shuchi touches hearts with her mesmerizing and emotional story. She is one to look out for the future.

My rating- 3.5/5
Book cover - 3.5/5
Plot- 3.5/5
Characterization - 4/5

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Held Together

Book Review No. 6 :

Book Name - Held Together
Author : Arijit Mukherjee
Publisher - Notion Press
Pages- 63 (2 stories)

The Story Unfolds :-

A ) Main Characters-

1) Deep
2) Prerna
3) Aakash
4) Sakshi

Ever wondered how amazing a solo trip can be ? A solo traveller where books are your only bestfriends. Travelling through himalayas, dense forest and suddenly u meet a girl, who looks imperfectly perfect for you. Yeah !! A ' Yeh Jawani hai Deewani' type vali feelings..right ?. Bunny and Naina types. This books take you to an amazing journey of strangers, friendship, love, betrayal and Re-Union.
Deep and Prerna, the solo travellers meet quite unexpectedly and fell for each other. The story which starts with a beautiful journey, takes a tragic turn midway but ends on a happy note. They found a messenger of god in aakash who turns out to be a savoiur.
This story is definately going to touch some hearts and even will bring back some of your memories.

B) Main Characters -

1) Ankush
2) Riya

Ever wondered how cute can be adolescent fascinations ? you are in your school days and suddenly you see a girl, you fall for her knowing that she is older than you. You get stuck to her eyes. UFF ! this school life love has happened with all of us at a certain point ? isn't it ?
The love or fascinations which starts with the eyes, blush, friend request, and eventually ends nowhere.
Ankush an adolscent who has just spread his wings of exploration comes across a beautiful girl and falls for her. He could not express his feelings for her due to fear of loosing and lack of courage. What happens in the end ? Do riya also loves him ? Does ankush gets his dreamy lady ?
well all unfolds in this book.

#stories are simple yet fascinating, which will bring your past memories back.  As an debutant author and that too at such a little age of 18, the work is commendable and he can be one of the rising author to look out for the future.

My rating for the book is 3/5
Book cover is simple - 3/5
Plot - 3/5
Characterisation - 3/5

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Fifty Shades : Trilogy

Book Review No. 5 -

Book Name : Fifty Shades : Trilogy
Author : E.L James
Publication: Vintage Publication
Pages : 1664 (including all 3)

The Story Unfolds :

Main Characters:

1) Anastasia Steele
2) Christian Grey

A) Fifty Shades of Grey - 1st Book in the series

A Romantic thriller that comes with a lot of twist and turns. It's erotic romantic novel. It tracks the relationship between a college girl and a young successful businessman.
The story starts with a college girl named ' Anastasia Steele' who goes for a interview to a successful businessman cum entrepreneur 'Christian grey'. He was charming, smart and intelligent. Anastasia gets attracted to him. The story turns ugly when her life turns upside down. The story is bold and erotic and shows the relation of human Bondage,Dominance,Sadism and Submission.. what is also called in short BDSM.

B) Fifty Shades Darker- 2nd Book in the series

The story continues from where it left in the first part. Now, having known the dark secrets of christian grey, anastasia brokes off with him to start a new career. But the memories does not tends to fades away. Slowly after few ups and downs they came together again and once again the love saga continues. The sensual affair reaches to another level with the sex, lust reaching out of the world.  Christian grey showcases his inner demons and what follows  is some important and shocking twists and turns of anastasia's life.

C) Fifty Shades Freed - Last Book of the series.

By now Anastasia and christian are in full fledged relationship. They have conquered every step of love. Their love saga has crossed all the levels, be it is intimacy, sex, lust etc. They are successful and have enough money to run their entire life without doing much. But Anastasia fears that what all seems so good is just the virtual world, not the real world. At last her fears turns into reality.

A must read novel for all bookwarms, The books are better than the hollywood movies made by the same name.

Note: This book is only meant for mature audiences and i should not be blamed for provoking anyone for reading.

My rating for the novel is 5/5
A blockbuster trilogy series.

The book cover is appealing - 5/5
Plot - 5/5
Characterisation - 5/5
Suspense, turns and twists - 5/5
Sex element- 5/5

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The Unfinished Love

Book Review No. 4 -

Book Name - The Unfinished Love
Author - Priyasi Das
Publication - Notion Press
Genre - Short story
Pages- 24

The Story Unfolds :

Main Characters :

1) Arushi
2) Arush

"What is a love story"?
Not every love story always consists of a beautiness within. But do all love stories have a happy ending ?? Picture Abhi Baki hai mere dost.

Love can happen within 2 ways:- 'one-sided' or 'both sided'.

This book consists of the reality of love with a unique end. At first loving, someone seems like heaven in the world but sometimes love becomes bitter with time. As rightly said, "love cannot be done forcefully".
we have often heard the saying "Can a boy and a Girl be just friends". This short story exactly explains this, it describes with the beautiful relationship of friendship between Arushi and Arush. How they met at the bus stop and how by each passing day their story changes.
At last, how friendship wins is the story with an immortal end.
The debutant author Priyasi das tries to write her heart out through this small story. Has touched a few hearts. I express for her best future

My rating for this book is 3/5
The Book Cover is nice, simple and plain - 3/5

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Available platforms: Notion press and ebook.

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The Girl in Room 105

Book Review No. 3 -

Book Name - The Girl in Room 105
Author - Chetan Bhagat
Publisher- Westland Publications
Pages - 305

The story unfolds:

Main Characters :

1) Keshav Rajpurohit
2) Zara Lone
3) Saurabh
4) Inspector Rana

Now, this one thing is for sure, Chetan Bhagat is India's most trolled writer, yet his books have emerged as bestseller and converted into major motion picture.
This time it will not be different as his latest novel "The Girl in Room 105" has already created enough buzz among the readers and also the trailer release casting Vikrant massy and kashmira Irani have taken youtube buzz.

Expectation : People who got bored of his previous repetetive work can cheer, as this one is slightly different. The genre is changed, shifting from romance to murder-mystery cum thriller.
This book consist of a fresh storyline and a little decent effort in terms of twist. Ofcourse u cannot expect a sherlock or an abbas-mustan twist, but it keeps you engage. This book is basically a crime mystery wrapped with romantic drama flashback. But the suspense grips the readers.

Keshav Rajpurohit is an IIT Passout, who is teaching as an faculty in an IIT Coaching center named "Chandan classes" in delhi. He has a past and still in love with his ex-girlfriend Zara lone. She is from kashmir and a muslim. They broke up 4 years ago due to their parents hindu-muslim war.

The book starts with an ordinary narration but changes quickly when on the eve of zara's birthday, she is found dead in her hostel room no. 105. Zara messages keshav,who is drunk, inviting him to her hostel room no. 105, keshav accepts the invitation and agrees to meet her. He sneaks through the window and finds zara dead on the bed. This one mistake changes his life forever. What unfolds is the series of twist and turn, involving political drama , the hindu-muslim saga, the romantic past, the friendship bond etc.

The one thing i loved about this book is its strong plot.
The overall effect is entertainment, except with few dull moments, the book holds you tight, Does not losses his pace much.

Characters :
There are many characters in this book, as its a murder mystery the characters are defined well. The character development is strong too. Saurabh especially provides you the comic reliefs in between.

What i dont like :
 "The Unlove Story" concept. I cannot reveal  much as its a mystery plot. Actually the length of the book is little more over 300 pages. It could have been trimmed.

Overall the book is for all chetan bhagat fan's out there.
u can avoid if u r not a chetan bhagat's fan.

My rating for this book is 3.5/5. The extra .5 for trying a new genre.
The book cover looks really good, it goes for a 4/5.

Books available at all leading platforms such as Amazon, Flipkart, Ebook kindle, westland publications.

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Everyone has a Story

Book Review No. 2 -

Name of the book - Everyone Has a Story
Name of the author - Savi Sharma
Publisher - Westland Publications
Pages - 175

The Story Unfolds :

Main Characters -

1) Meera
2) Vivaan
3) Kabir
4) Nisha

Savi Sharma, an Indian debut author, has penned an encouraging contemporary fiction in her book, that narrates the stories of four individual souls, each looking or waiting for their own story to begin somehow. As the four protagonists of this book cross the path of each other, it results in not only something magical yet real but also into something heartbreaking and challenging at the same time.

Meera, an emerging author, is waiting for that story to happen and change her life. She believes that this story will not only establish her as an author but also change the hearts of readers.
Vivaan, a banker wants to escape to a real world of hope as well wants to get rid of his past baggage and want to travel the world.
Kabir wants to open a cafe and finally with the help of Meera and Vivaan, opens up Kafe Kabir and fall in love with the customer he met named Nisha.
As the four characters get introduced to each other's lives, their lives do change for the better but they also have to struggle through various downfalls.

The writing style of the author is emphatic as well as poignant as she paces her plot with deep, heartfelt emotions which will move the readers. The narrative is honest. The pace of the book is fast and thus readers will find themselves absorbed into the depth of the story in no time.
As she has rightly said, "everyone has a story, some are written in books and some are confined to hearts". I myself being a CA Dropout could easily understand the motivation required to write and inspire others.

This book is recommended to each and everyone, who is having dreams in their mind, you just need to trigger it and believe in your dreams.
"Everyone has a story, go find yours".

My rating for the book is - 4/5.
The book covers look simple and appealing - 4/5.

Available Platforms - Amazon, Flipkart. E-book as kindle, Westland publishers.

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Meeting with the author -

Finally, I got a chance to meet this beautiful soul.
We have one thing in common, that is we both are "CA Dropout".

Location = Mumbai

The Rule Breakers

Book Review No. 1 -

Name of the Book: The Rule Breakers 

Author: Preeti Shenoy

Publisher: Westland Books

Pages: 321

Story Unfolds :

Main Characters :

1) Veda - An Ambitious girl, who gives up on her dreams for the happiness of her parents, because she did not want to hurt her parents.

2) Suraj - A Attractive, charming and the most chocolaty boy of college, who has an emotional and tragic past. He finds a sweet, caring friend in Veda.

3) Kanika - She is the exact opposite of Veda. She rules her life. Her motto in life is "My rules, My life".

4) Ron - Ron is the character who meets Veda in another country. A foreigner friend, who eventually turns out to be Kanika's friend also. Although a short role, but a very important role.

There comes a situation in everyone's life where you need to break the rules, otherwise, the rule might break you.

The girls rushed inside and found their mother in the kitchen with Paro didi. The delicious aromas of all kinds of savories wafted from the kitchen. They could see that whoever was coming was important, judging by the culinary preparations that were underway.

One of the siblings said 'Ma, why should didi wear a saree?' demanded Vidya.

we are expecting visitors, you both go and change into nice clothes. Veda goes and wear that chiffon saree of your graduation. Wear my jewelry too. I don't want to get married "ma".

But ma- Veda tried to reason with her. But her mother wasn't having any of it.

As rightly said by Preeti Shenoy, "  There are two kinds of people in this world :

i ) Those who follow the rules.

ii ) Those who do not think twice about breaking them.

This book is entirely dedicated to the females of India. For all the girls who want to dream, but could not dream because of the mentality of their parents, that girls should be married after attaining the age of 18. 

The book talks about sibling Bonding, Friendship, Trust, Dream etc.

CRUX - The story unfolds about how the main protagonist VEDA steps out of her comfort zone and breaks the rules and rediscover herself.

Preeti Shenoy like always delivers yet again a masterpiece, which is highly recommended to everyone especially the girls.

My rating for the book is - 4.5/5 

The conceptualization and narration were a bit long but still, it gives u enough fuel to read the whole book.

The book cover looks really nice, especially the Red Dupatta, which symbolizes the girls fear of left alone. My rating for the book cover is 4/5.

Platform available : Amazon, Flipkart and E-book in Amazon as Kindle.

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