Monday, 29 October 2012

A TWIST IN THE TALE by Jeffrey Archer, Book Review


A Twist in the TaleA Twist in the Tale by Jeffrey Archer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A twist in the tale.. too apt for the 12 stories in the book...

Very intriguing.. The suspense of the twist at the end of each story keeps you reading..

Very well written...

Above all, Archer's language is what interests me more than anything.. his selection and usage of simple words.. the way he describe things, simply... he is the best at it..

Twist at its limit...

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Thursday, 25 October 2012

LOVE, LIFE AND LUST by Pritesh Bhosale, Book Review


Love, Life And LustLove, Life And Lust by Pritesh Bhosale
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I am in a big dilemma whether to give a 2 or a 3 star rating.

First of all, I want to thrash the author. Seriously. He is such a ****. My three year old nephew speaks the better English than him!

On the very first page - acknowledgement page (i never read this page,by the way) - I was turning the page but stopped when I noticed this word. I guess not even Jesus Christ - or someone, who found the English language - will ever find out the meaning of that word, 'off course'. I ignored as a mere typing mistake. But then, it started and didnt end. There were on a average of 3 mistakes a line till the last page.

I was so outraged that I was ready to shoot the author down, for wasting my bucks.

It was hell trying to complete this book. (And ya, I have this irritating habit of not giving up books in the middle).

In some ways this book reminded me of my childhood days. When I in my second standard, we, everyone in my school, used to mistake bought and brought. The same mistake was repeated throughout the book.

I still wonder, how people like this make into publishing their book. Personally, I aspire to be a write and even send the proposals to many publishers. There isnt a reply till now. I was depressed. My book cant be any worse than this.

And I still wonder, what the editorial staff of the publishers were doing. Come on, editors edit the manuscript before publishing it right?

But at the end, the story seemed good. Maybe it is the narration which ruined everyone. I live it for you people to decide whether to read it or not...

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Wednesday, 24 October 2012

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Mark Haddon, Book Review


The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is unlike anything I have read, so far...

It had won many awards like WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR, GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE, BOOK TRUST TEENAGE FICTION AWARD, etc. But the 'children' part troubled me a bit. I was not going to read a children's book. But there something, perhaps the name of the books, which provoked me to read it. So I started it and it was very hard to put the book down...

At first, this book gives the impression of a mystery story. But it is anything but mystery novel.

The novel doesn't follows a particular flow. The story is random and there is nothing particular to point out from the whole story, except for it is very informative. I mean to say it contains a lot of knowledge. The kid in the story is very weird, but the story is very interesting...

Dont mistake it to be a children's book. Entertains everyone, of every age group, equally...

Weird and interesting, at the same time...

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Tuesday, 23 October 2012

THREE MEN IN A BOAT by Jerome K. Jerome, Book Review


Three Men in a BoatThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Extremely humourous...

Like the name of the book suggests - three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog) - it is the story of three men - or rather, crazy men - with a dog on a boat, in Thames. They flow along the river and there are many interest bits of fact and history of the towns along the river. The travel is only just a part of the story. The best part of the story is the recollections of the funny incident author experienced in his life...

Jerome is the most ridiculous, I've read, so far....

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AMSTERDAM by Ian McEwan, Book Review


AmsterdamAmsterdam by Ian McEwan
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Picked up the immediately, when I read, 'WINNER OF THE 1998 BOOKER PRIZE,' on the cover page... Lately, I am in man bookers'..

Frankly, I didnt get most of the story.. Maybe its because of the language or maybe, its always the confusing and the books which dont make much sense win the prizes...

But there were quite a few incidents in the story, which gave me goosebumps... it is the incidents I liked in this book - as I didnt understand the story..

I dont literally mean that I didnt understand the story... I understood the story, but after completely reading it there was a question still lingering in my brain - "then what?" When I said I didnt understand the book, I meant that it didnt make much sense. At least, to me. Maybe thats the point. MAybe thats the reason it won the award.

Actually, this is not the first time with me. There were many movies - Inception, for one - which wonmany awards, but didnt make much sense to me... Critics tend to award things which doesnt make sense.. I'm convinced...

And yeah, I am still wondering what has Amsterdam do with the whole story. The last, tiny part of the story ends in Amsterdam. Thats it...

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Monday, 22 October 2012

MALGUDI STORIES by R.K. Narayan, Book Review


Malgudi StoriesMalgudi Stories by R.K. Narayan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A collectiong of 10, exquistive Malgudi stories...

After reading the first story, I was left in bewidlerment. It was short and, I felt like, it ended abruptly. You know, there are no morals, no lessons, just a story with an abrupt end. That's all...

But as I read the other stories, as I got used of the no-moral, abrupt-ended stories, I started to like them. In fact, I started to love them. They are good, interesting and 'just' stories....

Read it.. Don't expect anything and you will enjoy them...

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Saturday, 20 October 2012

NO DEADLINE FOR LOVE by Manasi Vaidya, Book Review


No Deadline for LoveNo Deadline for Love by Manasi Vaidya
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

No deadline for love.... No deadline for my boredom, when reading this book...

Absolute waste of time...

damn boring...

Too much about her - the lead character's - profeisson... come on, I dont give a damn for her profession... I am reading a book on some professional course..!

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