Wednesday 7 April 2021

Book Review: We Met For A Reason by Subrat Saurabh

Book Detail:
Book Name- We Met For A Reason
Genre- Subrat Saurabh
Publisher- Notion Press
Pages- 194 pages

Blurb- We met for a reason”, is an intriguing story of a guy named Karan who met three different women at various phases of his life. It moves with how he went on a roller coaster ride of emotions while dealing with these pretty nymphs and his own idea of life, where relationships are beyond the emotional tie ups, have zero expectations and absolutely no commitment.

Karan was fortunate enough to experience the real flavours of love in the form of warm affection, spicy sex and sour betrayal. His idea of romantic relationship is something which starts with a friendship, progresses with fingerlicious food at a restaurant, gets intense in a pub, gets sealed with a lip lock and later dissolves into a one-night stand. However, destiny had a different plan where he ended up falling in love with a girl, whom he thought to be, just another pawn in his journey of self-satisfaction. 

Sometimes even a short-lived relationship or an incident creates a huge impact on a person’s mind and may change the direction of his life. Life goes through a drastic change for Karan due to an incident and he realizes the importance of relationships.


Review- We Met For A Reason is not your regular love story but is rather a quirky, new take on romance and love. Author has done amazing job with narration and characterization. Though certain loopholes, the book is still an enjoyable read.

Book Cover and Title- Book Cover is eye pleasing and soothing and goes well with the content of the book.
Title is very interesting and catches attention of readers. It creates curiosity about the book. Blurb too is exciting.

Language and Narration- Language used in the book is simple and easy to comprehend. As said earlier, Narration is done very well and binds readers with the book. Narration is done in first person narrative.

Characterization- I loved how author portrayed his characters. The complex, colourful emotions portrayed by them was interesting to read and authors did it very well.

Other characters are also justified well.

Storyline and Plot-

Storyline of this book is unique and keeps readers hooked with book.

Storytelling skills of Author is amazing and the picturesque and detailed description helps readers imagine scenes in our head.

First part of the story is slow paced and it took few chapters for me to get into story.

Second part of the story is fast paced and is interesting with certain twists and turns and a major suspense which holds back readers with the book. Author has done fine job placing story.

Rating- 
Book Cover and Title- 3.5/5 
Language and Narration- 4/5 
Characterization- 3.5/5
Storyline and Plot- 3.5/5

Final Rating- 3.5/5

Book Review: In Loving Memory by Daniel Paul Singh

Book Detail:
Book Name- In Loving Memory
Genre- Fiction
Format- kindle ebook
Pages- 272 pages

Blurb: Dhruv is the popular dashing guy in Nisha’s office. His impulsive antics irk her, but also attract her. From the day Dhruv enters her life, she starts getting anonymous threatening late night calls and scary nightmares that seem too real. Who is this Dhruv? What’s his connection with the strange happenings in her life? Can she trust him?

Nivas is a guy you wouldn’t notice in a crowd. Rimi is a chatterbox and the polar opposite. Naturally, Nivas is drawn towards her and gains the courage to propose to her, desiring more of her. Things turn ugly from then on between the two.

As the stories of the two couples converge at an unexpected turn of events - Kevin, the best detective in town, ends up with a peculiar case. Everything about the case is confusing, contradictory and downright clumsy! A cat-and-mouse game ensues with everyone’s life at stake.

Every story has one ending, will this one too?


Review:  In Loving Memory by Daniel Paul Singh is  Fiction novel where author serves us a crime fiction ladden with well written mystery and toppled it with a cute romantic story in between.

Book is surely interesting and well written and serves us an engaging storyline but is stuffed with many characters which is the only thing that bugged me.

Book Title and Cover- Book Title is interesting and creates curiosity about it. Cover is alluring and appropriate. Blurb is interesting and attracts readers to pick up the book. Overall First Impression of this book demands attention of readers.

Language and Narration- Language used by author is simple yet attractive. Narrating style is commendable and author ends each chapter at such point that readers are forced to turn page after page.

Theme- Theme of this book multidimensional even while it never leaves the mystery factor that makes you want to turn page after page. Although it also serves us Suspense, and other elements. I liked the way author directly came to the main point without wasting time.

Storyline and Plot- Plot is unique with detailed description of each and every situation which glue readers with the story. As said earlier, story picks the pace from the first page and readers enjoy every page filled with mystery, crime and excitement to reveal the truth.

RATINGS-
Book Title and Cover- 4/5
Language and Narration- 3/5
Characterization- 4/5
Storyline and Plot- 3.5/5

Final Rating- 3.5/5

Book Review: The Unexpected Leader by Joel Sadanand

Book Detail:
Book Name- The Unexpected Leader
Genre- Fiction
Copy- Kindle eBook.
Pages- 154 pages

Blurb- Ajith, the CEO of India’s most popular coffee chain, Good Morning Inc., is outrageously shocked to hear the pitch from a tech startup: fire all managers and replace them with AI. Though he wants to dismiss the idea, the pitch is ferociously compelling. Before Ajith could take a firm decision, an unexpected tragedy occurs at one of the coffee stores. Ajith loses control over his company overnight. He stages a secretive reverse coup to regain his company.

At the same time, the office of the WHO issues a warning about a global respiratory pandemic to the Indian government, but the prime minister’s office ignores it. Instead, it spends its focus on the developments of Good Morning Inc. Why would the PMO’s office be interested in the incidents of a corporate entity?

Rahul is excited to meet his blind date at one of the coffee shops of Good Morning Inc. What he doesn’t know is that he is just a pawn whose actions are about to trigger an avalanche of consequences in the lives of many people, related and unrelated to Good Morning Inc.

Will Ajith ever regain his company? Will he become the first CEO in the world to successfully use artificial intelligence instead of human leaders to manage its workforce?


Review: The Unexpected Leader is one of the most compelling books I have read recently. Given the book takes its inspiration from the recent CCD incident, Covid pandemic etc real life incidents, it makes the book reading a whole new fun. 


Cover of the book is apt, simple and smart and builds the overall vibe towards the book as the Title suggests.

Author has good narrative skills, author binds readers with the book with his narrative style. As the story progressed i found myself enjoying the slightly different narration of this book.


Characters- Author has given each character enough time and amount of attention. I loved how characters evolved as story progressed.


Storyline and Plot- Both Storyline and Plot of the book are amazing. I enjoyed every page of the book, the story was running smoothly till the very end. As mentioned earlier, the fact that the book has been inspired by the real life incidents of recent times, it added extra flavour to the storyline.


All in all, reading this book was an interesting experience.


Rating- 

BookTitleand Cover- 4/5 a

Narration and Language - 3.5/5

Character Justification- 4/5
Storyline and Plot - 3/5
Overall Rating - 3.5/5 

All in all, The Unexpected Leader is an average read and could be enjoyed by people who want to read something different other than pure indie fictions.