Thursday, 26 January 2017

Book Review- The Bogus Read by Divyamaan

Book Details:-
Book Name- The Bogus Read
Author- Divyamaan
Genre- Satirical/ Humorous Fiction
Publisher- LeadStart Publishers
Pages- 289
Price- ₹295

Blurb:- In a galaxy far, far away from Earth there were two countries. India and Pakistan. Both countries somehow remained in a perennial state of conflict since their independence. After badly losing thrice to India, Pakistan has now come up with the ultimate conspiracy - attack the minds of the Indian masses and capture the nation. In a partially successful attempt, it captures some portion of India. The Indian Government, led by its highly patriotic PM, Narendar Mody and His Royal Highness, Arnub Gooswamy, takes charge of the situation and comes up with a master plan of defeating Pakistan, using some of India's most potent weapons - corruption, political-hooliganism and annoying celebrities. They are supported by five engineering students who, inspite of their otherwise mundane lives, get embroiled in the mess. They set themselves on a perilous journey only to discover how deep the whole conspiracy is and how dangerous are the brains behind it. Will they succeed in revealing the conspiracy to the Army? Will the lost territories be recaptured by India? To find out read 'The Bogus Read', an illogically-logical take on Indian politics, mainstream media, cinema and the television industry.

Review- The Bogus Read is hilarious satirical novel where Mr. Divyamaan uses his close-to-reality imagination and serves us one of the best comedy fiction books. Every page of the book brings smile on your face.

Book Cover and Title- Book Cover shows few fictional cartoons of leading politicians and other celebs. It also shows few punch lines from the book and discloses about the book. Cover is surely intriguing and title complements well with the cover. I loved the blurb. It is short, crisp and interesting.

All in all, First Impression of the best attracts readers.

Language and Narration- Language of the book is simple and easy to comprehend. Narration is done in third person narrative. The punch lines in the book are placed well and makes you laugh.

Theme- Theme of the book is humour/ satire which also covers thriller and suspense as story has some hilarious yet suspense turns.

Content- Content of the book is fresh and free flowing. Events are placed beautifully with hilarious scenes. The thing I loved about this book is Author maintains the hilarious content without trying so hard.
Nation wants to know sessions, The mosquito attack, Five boys and their love for counterstrike game etc and other scenes are written beautifully.

Ratings-
Book Cover and Title- 4/5
Language and Narration- 3.5/5
Content- 5/5

Final Rating- 4.5/5 

All in all, The Bogus Read is one the most interesting book you'll read. Pick this book if you want to read something funny and fresh.

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