Category: Book Reviews

Book Review: The Lovers by Amitava Kumar

Book Name: The Lovers Author: Amitava Kumar Publisher: Aleph Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: The Lovers is about a man in search of a love story. This man, our narrator, is Kailash—a new immigrant, eager to shine. His friends teasingly call him…

Book Review: I Quit! Now What? by Zarreen Khan

Book Name: I Quit! Now What? Author: Zarreen Khan Publisher: Amaryllis Manjul Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.7/5 Book Blurb: Nimisha is exhausted. Of endless weekdays, working weekends, making presentations, working with complicated Excel sheets, handling a boss with time-management issues and the…

Book Review: Boy of Fire and Earth by Sami Shah

Book Review: Boy of Fire and Earth by Sami Shah Book Name: Boy of Fire and Earth Author: Sami Shah Publisher: Picador (Pan Macmillan) Book Blurb: Born of a smokeless fire, and raised in Karachi, Wahid’s life comes apart when…

Book Review: Song of the Dervish by Meher Murshed

Book Review: Song of the Dervish Author: Meher Murshed Publisher: Bloomsbury Rating: 3.5/5 Book Blurb: Thirteenth century Hindustan: Sultans ruled Delhi. Seduced by gold, they eyed rich neighbouring kingdoms. They marched from one land to another, plundering and preying on…

Book Review: The Indian Spy by Mihir Bose

Book Review: The Indian Spy Author: Mihir Bose Publisher: Aleph Book Blurb: Bhagat Ram Talwar, a Hindu Pathan from the Northwest Frontier Province of British India, was the only quintuple spy of World War II, spying for Britain, Italy, Germany,…

Book Review: Behold, I Shine by Freny Manecksha

Book Name: Behold, I Shine Author’s Name: Freny Manecksha Rating: 5/5 Publisher: Rupa Book Blurb: Set in the once-fabled land of Kashmir, Behold, I Shine moves beyond male voices and focuses, instead, on what the struggle means for the Valley’s…

Book Review: Don’t Look Down by Karishma Attari

Book Name: Don’t Look Down Author’s Name: Karishma Attari Rating: 4/5 Publisher: Penguin Book Blurb: What if the one to betray you was you? Alia may be turning eighteen, but (epic birthday parties aside) age is just a number to…

Book Review: Dvarca by Madhav Mathur

Book Name: Dvarca Author’s Name:Madhav Mathur Rating: 3.5/5 Publisher: Fingerprint Book Blurb:  One Nation, One Religion, One Way of Life Welcome to a land called Dvarca. At the turn of the 22nd century, the world is a mess of warring…

Book Review: The Jeera Packer by Prashant Yadav

Book Name: The Jeera Packer Author’s Name: Prashant Yadav Rating: 3/5 Publisher: Fingerprint Book Blurb: I once changed the history of this Uttar Pradesh with a gun and a finger. One shot, one man. Right man, wrong man. But that was…