Author: Keerthana

15 Jan

Posted at 11:56h in fiction
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Set in the year 1990, the life of Ousep and his family is tragic and depressing. The sons of Ousep, Thoma and Unni, worlds apart from each other can no longer see each other. The intelligent and maybe even a prodigy in cartoon drawing, Unni is immensely popular and also admired by most especially by his own mother Mariamma! One of them have committed a forbidden crime and the aftermath is the spine of the story! I have been seeing this book on the shelf of my regular bookstore for a while. Neither the synopsis(which doesnt give any justice to the book) or the front cover impresses me enough to buy it! Then just two weeks back, my friend and collegue told me about this one and said that I will love the book. Immediately my answer was, I am not interested in such kind of books as I knew it was in dark comedy genre. She said she ll give me this book as a Christmas gift which again I rejected as already she got me one! I promised her that I will get it the next time i visit the bookstore and what a surprise this book have been! The author have not allowed the reader's interest to wander till the end and even beyond(you keep thinking about all the characters). This is a clear example of those books that may look not attractive or the synopsis is too vague but it ends up being a literary genius. If you get hold of this...

15 Jan

Posted at 11:54h in fiction
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The Murder Pit is an Arrowood Mystery which if you have no clue who is Arrowood, he is a private investigator with his partner Barnett in London who gets gruesome cases to solve but get paid really less. The story revolves around a couple who asks the private investigator to get a meeting of their daughter who got married a couple months back.They tell him that her in laws doesn't allow her to meet them!What should've have been an usual family dispute case turns out to be something so disturbing and unusual that the reader is at the edge till the end of the book! I don't want to give any spoilers that why I am not going to write anything in detail but as a thriller lover I will say go and read this one! It may not catch your attention in at least the first 5 pages after that you ll be holding on till the end!...

15 Jan

Posted at 11:53h in fiction
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Sometimes when you read a book, you don’t feel scared at all. You read it as if it’s nothing! But after you complete the book it gives you serious horror vibes at night! This book definitely belongs to that category! The book begins at a psychiatric centre where the main character of the book is trapped oblivious to her surrounding! The book then goes into a flash back mode talking about the main character who is a newly widowed, Elsie Bainbridge sent to her husband Rupert's country estate with his cousin as it was there his last rites were going to be performed. Everyone including the people staying at that estate were unresponsive, and she missed her old way of life! There she discovers a that her husband was renovating their estate to welcome their unborn child. She decides that she will fulfill his last wish but during the refurbishment she finds a strange room with an unusual life like wooden doll of a girl. They also find a diary of Rupert's ancestor! What follows is the remaining plot which will totally surprise the reader! I was able to complete in 3 hours in my 9-hour journey to my home town in train. It is a fast paced read and the author makes sure you get hooked till the end especially after the main character finds out about the wooden figurine! The beginning can be a bit slow but don’t give up, just read on for a few more pages and then you will...

15 Jan

Posted at 11:52h in fiction
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Being an international best seller, a handful of book lovers might have not read this one! This book made me fall in love with Vatican City! The way the author explains each clue in detail, there is no way you will believe all this is a work of fiction. Of course the churches mentioned in the book are real! The plot is exceptional! Angels and Demons( by Dan Brown) remain my favourite from all Dan Brown’s books! I am so glad that the author did not banish Robert Langdon from his stories. What’s the synopsis of this book? Here goes, Robert Langdon, a renowned  Harvard symbologist discovers the recrudescence of an ancient brotherhood ILLUMINATI, when he is contacted by the CERN director Maximillan Kohler! Their top physicist  Leonardo Vetra is murdered and his chest is branded with the ambigram of the word Illuminati. The director also informs Langdon that a canister containing a highly explosive anti matter equivalent to a nuclear weapon have been stolen; is found in a dark place with a security camera in front of it with a timer of 24 hours. The place is Vatican City and with the adopted daughter of late Vetra, Langdon flies to Rome only to find out that their four Preferti (the cardinals who are likely to be elected Pope) are kidnapped. What follows is Robert Langdon retracing the most secretive centuries old pathway to save them as well the entire Vatican City! A fast paced one with lots of interesting twists in the...

14 Jan

Posted at 15:11h in poetry
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This is my first review for a poem and I am hoping that I gave it complete justice. This is not a paid review and I thank the author for sending me the copy of his mesmerizing poetry via email for an honest review in return. ” Your voice is the whisper that beats in my heart” Gathering of Charmers(Divan of Shah) Firstly the author have a few well written poems that has connected with me in a different level of consciousness. The longing for a lost love is evident in the entire collection though each poem has a different theme to it. The collection has a set of 106 poems with captivating quotes introducing each one. The poetry has a deep level of passion as well as intimacy that usually cannot be expressed in words but the author have put them in a very simple language that you automatically appreciate his effort. The only drawback is that the poems are randomly arranged, so there won’t be a continuity in your emotions while reading . Saying that I would highly recommend Divan of Shah, even if you are not a poetry lover and I await more of his works ! RATING: 4 out of 5...