Shivangi Sri

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about 3 years ago

Thanks, Carissa for ruining my life is a young-adult coming of age romance that I can already guarantee would win the hearts of many. So, let’s talk about Carissa. Just imagine that perfect girl in your school/college who is literally perfect in everything. That’s her. Perfect grades, perfect fashion sense, perfect boyfriend. She rules everything and everyone around her. You name it, she has it. But it’s not her story, no. It’s actually the story of two people very close to her. One being her very own twin sister. Rose. Rose isn’t as quite as perfect as Carissa. She’s shy, loves food, books and music, and is fat. She’s okay with it. She doesn’t want to be perfect like Carissa but of course, Carissa doesn’t see that and signs Rose up for a workout retreat that will stream on national television. Then, on the other hand, there’s Brad. Carissa’s perfect boyfriend…more like what he used to be. As it happens, Carissa finds a way to dump Brad and now Brad has to find a way to get back together with Carissa, be better and perfect for her. Be perfect like her. Just like Rose has to try and push her weight insecurities aside to work out and have that ‘perfect’ shape. This book is a light-hearted teenage romance with an amazing message about self-acceptance and loving yourself (and others) despite the imperfections! Needless to say, reading this book made me want to slap this book on all those people in my life who always see faults in me and others, yes, even some of my friends and family. I really appreciate how this author takes into account the fact that some people, even our friends and family who are really close to us, can be toxic and make us feel like shit and unloved even though in reality they just want the best for us. Just that their approach is wrong. I love the way the author has written Carissa’s character. She’s like one of those annoying but perfect friend you have and in comparison to them, you’re always the ugly duckling or just a work in progression, second best person. I love how the author does not make Carissa a totally bad person. She thinks she always knows the right thing but she doesn’t. She cares about people around her and she’s there for people no matter how imperfect they are but the thing that makes her so annoying is that how she’s never subtle about it. THAT honestly, is very realistic and I love that about this character. (Also, when I say I love this character I don’t necessarily mean that I love this kind of person in real life. I just mean that they are written realistically and perfectly). It is the most relatable book I’ve ever read and I already know that I will have to keep coming back to it to re-read it again and again because it is just that perfect. I’m exactly like Rose. I love music and books and I’m shy and fat. The only two things we don’t have in common is that she likes food and I’m not much of a foodie and that the romance she always wanted does come true, mine hasn’t…yet. As for Brad…. Brad…Brad…Brad….What wouldn’t I do to make you come true? He was just perfect. I have no other words to say. The guy who has the same music taste as you, waits for you in the Gym so that you both can work out together, is always supportive, doesn’t make you feel weird just because you’re fat…and…and…he ALSO writes you letters telling you about all the silly little mundane details of his life, like what he ate, what he was thinking, while you’re away. You’re kidding? Where can I find someone like him? Tell me please Okay, enough fangirling. Let’s talk about the writing. You know when you start a new book and you have to wait a couple of chapters to finally get the hang of the character personalities and their unique voice and for you to kind of have this introduction with the author’s writing style. While reading this book, I didn’t have to worry about either of those things. Even reading the first chapter felt like I already know these characters since so long. I got immersed in the story immediately and the characters sounded so real, I could practically hear them in my head. So, yes, 10 out of 10 for writing as well. I also loved, loved, loved the romance in this book. (Squeals) Like I said, it was so relatable. If you enjoy secret unrequited crushes, friends to lovers romance and I-like-my-sibling’s-boyfriend/girlfriend trope then this book would absolutely crush you…in a good sort of way. There are also many instances of love triangles that were really nicely done, so look out for them. There’s only one thing that I have to complain about here and that is the fact that I felt that the story stretched in a few parts where it wasn’t really necessary. Like there were many parts in there about misunderstandings, and how someone would say something intending something cute and romantic but the other person takes it completely in the wrong direction…that was very interesting and rose the stakes but near the end, it also felt kind of stretched and unnecessary. Like the story could have resolved way before than it actually did. The pace became slow because of that, at least from my understanding. The rest was *chef’s kiss*!! If you are fans of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, you should definitely check out this book. I would give this book an overall of 5 stars! Yay, I know. I guess this is my second five star read this year. So happy! I wouldn’t have had the greatest opportunity to read this book, had it not been for Netgalley. So, I would like to give my many thanks to Netgalley and the author, Dallas Woodburn for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review. Highly, highly recommend for all teen/school romance lovers! The book comes out on the 8th of February, 2022. Mark your calendars! Thank you for reading.

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about 3 years ago

Today I bring to you this cute, cute christmasy holiday rom-com that you can enjoy with a hot chocolate, cuddled with your furry, snuggly pet dog! Before I start the review, I would like to thank Netgalley and Sophie Penhaligon for giving me the opportunity to read this wonderful book. Now without further ado, let’s jump right in. Christmas with Hamish is a holiday rom-com story about a couple falling in love with each other. Verity is surprised to be invited by her emotionally distant sister on her wedding and wants to get done with this event as soon as possible, owing to her disastrous and traumatic past with her parents, so that she can quickly go back to skiing with her best friends and never have the opportunity to face her family again. However, things take a wrong turn for her when she’s asked to take care of her sister’s pet dog, Hamish for a week while the newly wedded couple are out on their honeymoon. What’s worse is that Verity doesn’t care about dogs all that much, nor does she has any knowledge about taking care of one. Enters Nikau Taylor. The sexy next door neighbour whose dog is best friends with Hamish and who is determined to make Verity stay even after her dog-sitting job is over. Verity, on the other hand, is holding back. A one night stand would have been easy to forget but a guy as nice as Nikau is really testing her theory of going back to live her usual life, away from her family. The time doesn’t stop for anyone and Verity must make a decision. I really really enjoyed this book. Where do I even begin gushing about this book? The writing is very immersive and very, very humorous. I could immediately see through the character-relationship dynamic within 3 minutes into reading, so the showing and telling of the character sketch was well done. The language was also not too wordy which made the content easier to lose myself into. 10/10 points to prose. Pacing was quick too. I finished this book in 2 days and would have completed it in just one day, had it not been for other work related commitments. The short chapters and the easy language helped a lot. One thing I really liked about this book was that the author stuck to the script she had decided on. She did not let the plot wander over topics that did not advance the story. It was very to the point but in a good, simplistic way. Did I mention that the story was an insta-love and yet I loved it? Usually I don’t gravitate towards instant love story or love at first meet tropes but in this book I did, because it was so well done. This book reminded me of this theory that Troy and Gabriella talk about in High School Musical movies that how when two strangers meet, they find something similar between them and then next thing they know, they have made this deep bonding of friendship. “Just like Kindergarten.” That’s exactly what happened with Verity and Nikau here which made the insta-love seem so realistic. Great job! Christmas and dogs obviously played huge roles in the whole romance thing. So, if you like both of these things, then you would absolutely enjoy this book. Speaking of Romance, there were one too many spicy bedroom scenes. Some a little descriptive, some not so much. However, if you don’t consider yourself much of a smut reader, then here’s your warning. I also really liked the characters, especially Verity. She is this strong female character that people love reading about these days but not only that, she has legit fears that hold her back, owing to her childhood experiences. Her fears added tension and stakes to the story, making the story addicting and un-put-downable. Speaking of the stakes or rather the lack of which was one thing that I did not like while reading about Nikau. Don’t get me wrong, I really loved him. But that’s the thing, he was way too simply perfect and therefore, unrealistic. I wished there was more depth to his character as there was for Verity. We do get to see his backstory but that guy is not flawed, nor has he any fears that hold him back. Very unrealistic. Similarly, even Verity’s bad family were just way too simply bad for literally no reason and I, again, wished there was more depth to their characters, and that “morally grey” aspect we all love reading about. Moreover, like how with the progression of the story, I as a reader felt an upending, looming fear that Verity would have to make a choice- whether to stay with Nikau and be in touch with her bad family or go back to her old life, away from her only chance on love. This made the anticipation worth it! However, on Nikau’s part there was no such thing as tension. The guy seemed like he almost had no power over the plot, as if he’s the puppet to the story. I just feel that there should be something more to why Nikau was so adamant about making Verity not leave him. I understand that love is a completely valid reason but then again, they had only been together for a week and they could always go with the option of long distance relationship. This factor did not bother me much in Verity’s point of view but it did in Nikau’s point of view. Probably because I knew why making a choice was so hard for Verity but there was no such thing with Nikau’s case. I wanted to know why was this chance with Verity so important for him but I couldn’t find the reason. This might not bother a lot of people, but to me it felt a bit too easy, making the plot fall flat and become predictable at the end. So, this is the only complaint that I have for this story. The rest was flawless! Overall, I guess I would give this book a 4 out of 5 stars! Highly recommend if you like holiday rom-coms, dogs and Christmas! Thank you so much for reading!

Christmas with Hamish: A Contemporary Romance for the Holiday Season

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over 3 years ago

The Backstory is this claimed psychological thriller that revolves around a man named Jackson Robert Hunter who one evening wakes up outside a bar with a wound bleeding out of his head, almost as if someone bashed his head, making all his memories washed out of his head. On interacting with some people around him who had come to aid him, he discovers that he is popularly known as Bob and his wife had just recently taken her own life. Having no memory of his own, he feels helpless not knowing who could have attacked him and it is this question that makes him question everything around him…even his wife’s suicide and whether it was really even suicide or did someone make it look like it was suicide. Sounds riveting, right? It did to me too but unfortunately this book was not for me, and here’s why. Let me put this right out of the gate, it’s more of a mystery than a thriller (a mystery answering who’s the criminal while a thriller spans the journey of something that is going to happen) at least in my opinion which is not a problem. Neither was it in the story. The story mostly talks about a man with no memory trying to look for the killer of his wife while going through this overarching trope of the main character who wants to save the day until he realises that he’s the villain of the story all along (not a spoiler, it’s there in the blurb). Again, this is not the problem either. In fact, I love this trope as I know so many other people do too. The problem, however, was with the execution of the novel in general. For instance, the slow pacing. The book starts painfully slow with nothing much happening, which was also the reason why I picked up another book as I read this one. I get that the author was probably trying to establish the familiarity of the main character’s life with his non-exposition-exposition. That’s okay but it becomes a problem when the reader doesn’t feel that powerful urge to go back to reading the book right after their they take their eyes away from the story. And I certainly didn’t feel that urge when life got busier for me. I guess, it takes like good 30% of the book at the beginning for the story to actually hit the reader…and even then, some things slowed me down. Some several unnecessary details and characters had little or almost nothing to do with the actual plot of the book. There is this phrase in the writer’s world that goes that a writer must kill their darlings wherein the “darlings” are the unnecessary characters and plot points that do nothing to advance the story but are just there for the sake of being there. The author in this book evidently didn’t kill his darlings as he should have. The lack of these details could have improved the pacing greatly, in my opinion. Another thing about this book that troubled me greatly was the characters of this book and especially the main character. The problem with them wasn’t the fact that they were all highly unlikeable but was actually in the fact that they were all also highly one dimensional, at least that’s what I felt. Like the main character, for instance, is this thug, tough-looking guy who you wouldn’t want to mess around with and he always beats his opponent because he’s just soooo tough. And like okay, but give me some layers! Tell me what is his weak point. Tell me what’s that thing that scares the shit out of him and why is he so cynical, so tough and dark? Give me the backstory, full pun-intended. There were a few scenes where you obviously get to see the past and what happened but none of it really solved the puzzle for me about why the main character became the way he became. In this book mostly the bad guy is the bad guy and the good guy is the good guy. There is no grey area in either of their characteristics which made the characters look unrealistic and unrelatable. Because of this, I didn’t care at all about any of the characters. Except maybe Kimmie and Penny. That’s it. Also, I felt that there were a few troubles with the prose writing as well. Not that the language was not easy to understand. It was the fact that with each time the main character got reminded of the memory, there was no transition between what was actually happening in the present and what he was remembering from memory, because both of those instances were written in the present tense and that sometimes confused me, so I had to keep going several lines up again and again to figure out if what the scene just narrated was the memory that the main character is just remembering or is it actually happening to him right now. Lastly, the thing that I didn’t like at all about this book is that there were many plot points and characters that were not given enough closure. Like they were just introduced midway in the novel but then they just disappeared from the narrative without giving any value to the advancement of the story. In addition, there are frequent mentions of sexual intercourse, depression, suicide and drugs, so please give a thorough look at the content guide if you are considering reading this book. So anyway, I liked the concept of the story about how people are most of the times blind to their own mistakes and flaws and when they realise their mistakes, it is too late. But it was the execution of this concept that this novel failed for me. Overall, I guess, I would give this book a 3 out of 5 stars because I liked the concept but again it didn’t reach its potential. I would still recommend this book nevertheless to anyone who likes plot-driven stories, unlike me, you can definitely give this one a try and let me know your thoughts about this book. Thank you so much for reading! This book gets published on 7th June 2022 and I would like to thank Netgalley and Oceanview publication for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book in return of an honest opinion. Have a good day!💜

Backstory

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Hello everyone. How are you? Have you ever read a book that is so good that when you start reading it, it’s like you belong there with the characters’ story or better yet, that story feels like it’s your own, and when you’re reading it, it’s all so familiar that you forget that the people you are reading about are just ink on paper and not your real family members? Then next thing after the book ends, you’re like a whole new person and you can see the characters have grown up with you through the journey? And, then this book becomes a part of your personality because you literally can’t stop recommending it to people? If not, then this one might do the trick for you. I got the free ARC of this book from Netgalley in return of an honest review. It’s actually one of the firsts on my Netgalley shelf that got approved so I was happy beyond words! When I first saw this book it was a beautiful artwork of a cover, a lovely title and a blurb that tells me it’s a historical fiction blended with folktales thrown here and there around the edges? I was like, sign me up! and I hit the request button. Next thing I know it’s sitting on my shelf. I never felt so alive. Peach Blossom Spring is a story about knowing one’s history and how it defines and develops them. The story begins with Meilin getting the news that her husband, Xiowen who had gone to war will now never come back home and that with the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu will have to flee from everything that they call their own. Set in 1938 in China, Meilin and Renshu have nothing left but courage to look for better days and a beautifully illustrated hand scroll that promises them just that. This story spans the duration of several years beginning from the second Sino-Japanese war in 1938 to the bleak days of cold war to the modern days in 2005 and reflects on how what happened so far back in history still affects today’s generation. It’s told through a multi-generational point of view which means that we get to see how three different generations of a single family gets affected by their common past that got lost along the way. When I started reading this book, I got immediately sucked into the world. The language and the narration throughout the story is so natural and easy to understand. The diction was beautiful and poetic but still simplistic in a way that is to say, not too wordy either. It just flows smoothly throughout the story. The description and the pacing was immaculate itself. There were times where the pacing slowed down a little bit but it was all nicely timed. Not too slow but not too rushed either. Just enough to keep you interested and so it was un-put-down-able. Although I HAD TO put it aside a few times because apparently I have a life outside books but otherwise I was very much on it. Can you guess what my favourite part was? Obviously, the stories! (I have a thing for stories with moral/hidden messages, you see) Meilin invariably narrates many folktales with moral messages and hidden meanings throughout the novel. Some of these I had already known but were my favourite, so I didn’t mind reading them all over again as a grown up now. In fact, what moved me to read this book after reading the blurb, seconds before requesting this book was the fact that it had stories. When I got approved, I was counting on them and you bet it was worth it. Apart from stories, there was another thing that I loved about this book, and it was that this is a book about many things. I can read it whichever way I want. There are many feminist themes here which I could follow with Meilin’s persistent belief of being independent and providing for Renshu and herself on her own. There was a theme about being Asian which I loved and could accurately relate to, being an Asian myself. There was a theme about having the courage to face your fears and your past and then there was a theme about being a misfit. My literature loving heart was fascinated with how naturally all of these complimented each other, despite the fact that there was an overarching theme of knowing your past that drove the whole plot. None of these subplots took the spotlight. In fact, there was no spotlight. Like I said, it is a book of many things and the inner critic in me was living for it. I loved the characters as well. You couldn’t quite predict them because there were many layers to uncover but also you would have some vague idea, like yeah, only this character could do/say such a thing, and that just shows how human and real they felt. All of them so morally grey and so, so human. My favourite though other than Meilin was Lily. I loved her so much and could relate so much with her. Funny, daring, sarcastic and driven with a perpetual fear of being a misfit. I must also share that there is a brief mention about non-consensual sexual assault. It’s not that explicit as I’ve read previously with other books but still to be on the safer side, consider it before you go all in if you don’t feel comfortable reading about sexual assault. The rest is unquestionably amazing. My many thanks to Netgalley and and Headline, Wildfire for giving me the opportunity to read this lovely, lovely book. It’s a book that I know will stick with me forever and the fact that this is a debut novel of the author is just surprising and makes me question my own ability to write good books. Overall, I give this book a….(wait for it)…5 out of 5 stars! My first five star rating in such a long time and so well deserved. Highly, highly recommend. This book comes out on March 15th, 2022 and I beg you, don’t miss it! Or else, you’ll be sorry. Thank you so much for reading this review. I hope you enjoy this book just as much as I did. You can also follow me on Instagram: @stainedstoriesbrokenspines

Peach Blossom Spring: A Novel

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I started this book thinking how it promised of a good adventure. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get myself to finish it because there were many problematic themes. Also, the characters felt really hollow and one dimensional to me. No matter what I did, I couldn’t get myself to care about either of them. So, I just read 50% of the book and decided to DNF it.

Dream of Dragons: Dragon Tails

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“Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness. It was deeper and more intimate that the fear of evil and capricious gods and of magic, the fear of the forest, and of the forces of nature, malevolent, red in tooth and claw. Okonkwo’s fear was greater than these. It was not external but lay deep within himself.” -Things fall Apart Achebe’s African historical classic is well known for it’s controversial narration in English and his response back to the colonial government with it’s proverbial usage like with the tradition of Ibo. My interest, however, was caught by the characterization to advance the moral story through the novel. I read this novel for class and although I knew it prematurely that it is a tragedy of sorts, my mind was immediately entrapped in the locks of this novel’s simplicity and characters, making me forget what I had known already. The story is about an African clan that is known for it’s fierceness, pride and masculinity, but is told mainly from Okonkwo and his family’s point of view. Okonkwo is a strong wrestler who takes pride in his aggression and control over the women and children of his family. Okonkwo’s father was the exact opposite of his son. He did not achieve much in his life. He was lazy, a coward and vulnerable, and in Okonkwo’s own thoughts, a lot like a woman. Evidently, growing up, Okonkwo’s mission had always been to not be like his father. So, he became a wrestler, the man of his house and he’d beat up his children and his wives if they show emotions because apparently that’s what men are supposed to do, as dictated by the patriarchic social convention. However, with the arrival of colonial powers and the settlement of an alien religion, things did not take long to change in his village. Buildings and roads were built. Many got converted. The once important hierarchy in his clan was now neglected. Nothing that mattered earlier, matters now. Okonkwo’s control- completely gone. His clan, no longer worthy of its strength and fierceness. This aspect of the novel rammed me into the main story, which clearly elucidated gender roles and what according to society means “strength”. Although I did sympathize with Okonkwo’s character and his conflict about not being able to show his emotional side but I also hated him with a passion so much so that I was looking forward for the parts when he would show his vulnerable side, when his demeanor towards this ideology of strength would finally change for the better. I desperately wanted his character to develop, and I had my hopes up because there were many subplots that suggested it- like his growing empathy towards his newest family member Ikemefuna and his pride whenever he thought of his only “capable” daughter who he thought should have been a man. Alas! The character development I sought never happened. And, that’s what a good book does to you! It may promise you something but leaves you believing the opposite, oblivious to it’s plan on wrecking your heart. Reading this book felt like I was Jordan from Rockstar who thought of heartbreak as something glorious but when he got his heartbroken, he found that there’s no glory in it. YES, I FORGOT THAT THIS IS A TRAGEDY AND THE HEARTBREAK THAT IT GAVE ME WAS….UNBEARABLE. That’s what Things Fall Apart made me feel. Okonkwo observes a negative arc in this novel, as in, he becomes the coward he hated his father to be, giving in to the strength of colonial power when he realised that he no longer has the control he was once proud of. Needless to say, I was a teeny tiny bit disappointed about the end because I really looked forward to a positive development in his character, like I mentioned. But, that is honestly just my personal opinion on how I wished it should have been like. I also kept reminding myself that it is historical, and that modern morals may not always be entailed in the works of history, which made things a little bit easier for me to accept. Another thing that slightly disappointed me was the fact that going into the novel, I thought it would be solely about the struggle against the colonial powers however, in reality, the first two parts (the book is divided into three parts), is mostly about the traditional ways of his tribe and the colonial part comes much later in the third segment. I just felt that personally, the promised concept of colonialisation (as given on the back blurb of the book) was not well executed. Although I do appreciate the idea behind it as Achebe tried his best to convey Africa and their traditions and ways, debunking the stereotypes created by the foreigners as he formulated a foundational base of familiarity (or as we, writers call it- the exposition of how things initially are) for the reader to understand the difference colonisation had brought in their lives. I still feel that the colonisation part could have started a little bit earlier than it has in the book. The rest is unquestioningly amazing! I loved the writing. It is proverbial and poetic and yet still very easy to understand. The pattern is mostly linear with a few flashbacks and stories about other people of the clan (It’s not Okonkwo’s story. It’s his clan’s story) thrown here and there. I also loved learning about the controversy of this book and how it was banned in several places including Nigeria and Malaysia because of its critical portrayal of colonisation. It was also critiqued by many because Achebe chose to write in English, which people would debate about as if it was to confront the Western model or upholds it. To this, Achebe had clarified that he wanted to put forth an interior description of Africans to resolve the image of the Africans as savages thus created by the whites. He said, “English is something you spend your lifetime acquiring, so it would be foolish not to use it. Also, in the logic of colonization and decolonization it is actually a very powerful weapon in the fight to regain what was yours. English was the language of colonization itself. It is not simply something you use because you have it anyway.” Source: Wikipedia Also, the characters although were woven under the same pretense of patriarchy structure and traditions, had diverse features up close. Every character was distinct and had a role to play that was significant in some way or the other. Yes, I know, I said that I hated Okonkwo’s agressive, half self-decieved character but this flaw made him really realistic and interesting to read, also, I have a thing for morally grey characters so…. But, yes, despite my personal expectations from the book, it’s a classic! I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars! I think it fits perfectly for curious people who love history, stories in general of long lost traditions with a simple yet lyrical, beautiful narrative of the igbo language and of Africa. Highly, highly recommend it! Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did Follow me on https://shivshri21.wordpress.com/2021/08/11/review-things-fall-apart-by-chinua-achebe/ On instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stainedstoriesbrokenspines/

Things Fall Apart

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https://www.amazon.in/Paraja-Novel-Mohanty-Gopinath/dp/0195623916

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“I don’t know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer. My whole bloody life, time after time after time.” -Arthur Miller, All My Sons I read this book for my english class. It’s a classic and I love classics but I know a lot of people hate this genre because of its rumoured difficulty paired in reading it, and honestly, at one point in my life I was one of those people when I used to hate classics and from that experience, I could assure you that even as I read this drama I felt like even the old me would have enjoyed reading this. This play was written by the end of the second world war itself and was inspired by many families losing their sons who had gone to war. Hence, the name. It is a story about moral and social responsibilities on fathers concerning their loyalty towards their families and money and to the nation. Joe Keller is a businessman who had worked for the military in providing airplane parts during the world war 2. He is a self made, uneducated man who knows little about the worldly knowledge as in of how, what he does would affect the people of his nation at large, but he has his ambitions to provide the best for his family and grow his business in the name of his only alive son, Chris. He and his partner, Herbert Deever had sent out some defective airplane parts under pressure by the air forces during the war, causing the deaths of many young men. Keller’s partner was taken guilty while Joe Keller himself excused himself out of the situation and went on with his life. Joe Keller knows that he’s guilty but he denies it. Until one day when Ann Deever, Joe Keller’s missing son’s fiance and Herbert Deever’s daughter accepts Keller’s alive son’s marriage proposal, only for her brother who had now become a lawyer to stop it from happening. His reason- Joe Keller is hiding. I love many things about this play. One of which is how the author has used denial of the characters to drive the story to its climax. The play opens with the scene of Joe Keller amusing himself with the want-Ads and the weather forecast section, ignoring the news which shows the denial of his guilt to avoid the news of missing men from the very moment he’s introduced. On the other hand, his wife, Kate gravitates towards the news to find out more about the missing soldiers, in order to find her own son. They are both in denial but their actions are very different. Chris, Joe’s Keller’s only alive son too is in denial as he keeps pushing the thought that his father might be guilty or that he could ever do any wrong. He continues to patronise his father until he uncovers the complete truth of his guilty father. He blames his father and is shattered with guilt himself of not accepting the truth right away. That’s about the denial but my most favourite thing about this play is the fact that Joe misplaces his loyalty to the extremities instead of balancing it towards his nation and his family. When the truth comes out, he explains to his son, Chris that he did all that just to see his family prosper and that the pressure of sending out spare parts during war times was incredible, and did not give him enough time to remove and replace the defective pieces with better ones. He explained how if he had told the military that he has defective pieces, his work would have closed down by the authorities and it would have been over for his family. That he had no choice. Washed with anger and disbelief, Chris tells his father that he did not just lose one of his son. He saw all two of them, and not just that, but that all those men who died because of him were all his sons. The writing of this drama play is not hard at all. It’s very simple and easy to understand. Also, since the book is so thin. The story, I think, takes place within 24 hours and that’s it! So, the pacing is quick and that’s another great thing that I love about this play, how the author was able to wound up the whole story of just one day into a play without making it sound rushed or incomplete in any way. Who am I kidding, it’s called a classic for a reason. Overall, I would give this book a 5 out of 5 stars! Yes, highly recommend it. Just a word of caution for all of you happy-ending-lovers, it’s a tragedy (an appropriate one at that which deals with the content sensitively). So, yeah, suit yourself. READ IT! Thank you for reading. Follow for more: Instagram: stainedstoriesbrokenspines

All My Sons (Penguin Plays)

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“The key question isn’t ‘What is Evil?’ The key question is ‘When does the Good become Evil?” –by Amish Tripathi The Secret Of the Nagas had ended with the discovery of the secret. The third and final book, Oath Of Vayuputras picks up from there. Shiva learns that the good have ill effects too. Seeing Meluha siding up with the evil, Shiva declares war on them. During the course of time, into the thick of fighting their own people, some people turned away from their own land while some preferred abandoning the principals of their living lord, Shiva. Shiva wants to get rid of his childhood fear, trying to save all of them at once. But is it possible? To save them all with no price? After finishing the previous book, I was really excited for this one but also very intimidated since it’s a pretty HUGE book. But I got around with it. So, let’s start with the plot and pacing. The speed of the events was good at great length, especially at the beginning but somewhere in the middle things kind of slowed down. To me, it felt like some things were unnecessarily stretched, especially in the middle when Shiva and Sati are trying to prepare for the war, in their own different strategic ways. Thankfully, it didn’t take forever to catch up, so by the last third of the book, the pacing increased. The plot was just as much alike. As soon as Shiva got his push in identification of the evil, he looks for everything and opposes it. When Meluha poses an opposition, he strategises, and then literally forty percent of the book was just the war preparation which dragged the plot behind a bit. Regarding characters, we run deeper into their personal struggles and backstories. There was not only diversity but also backstories provided for side characters and some of the antagonists which made my morally grey heart swell in happiness. I especially liked the backstory of Sati’s father who just wanted to be a good father but he had his flaws. There was also a chapter solely from his point of you and I guess it was my favourite out of all of them. What I loved the most about this whole trilogy was the overarching story conveyed through the plot. Shiva has a saviour complex and he wants to save everyone good and defeat all evil. But in this book he learns how closely related the good and the bad are to each other, and how one begets the other! That’s literally what this whole trilogy is about- that good and evil are just two sides of the same coin, and I was obsessed for this one sole reason. I love stories, can you tell? Anyway, there were still two things that I did not like other than the slow pacing in the middle portion. One, again, the writing didn’t improve that much. There were lesser repetitions but they were there and more unnecessary focus on the descriptions. Secondly, I didn’t like the ending. Here’s why: I just told you the story, right? Good in excess begets Evil. At the end, to me it kind of felt like Shiva did not learn this lesson to the core. Like, sure, he does defeat the Evil and wins the war and everything, but morally or so to speak, philosophically speaking, he completely ignores the fact that these people who had done him wrong had good intentions but their approach was wrong or perhaps their mindset. Shiva becomes very hostile by the end of the book which maybe, if I see it in another way is like he became too “good” that he had to become aggressive and hostile towards those people, which makes the whole story sort of ironical. I don’t know, I could be wrong. Overall, I loved the book but the middle and the very end of the book slightly disappointed me. So I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars but I still highly recommend it. It’s one of those books that makes you think; the eye-opener kinds, you know? Now, go read it!

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“Lord Manu had said it’s not people who are evil. True evil exists beyond them. It attracts people. It causes confusion amongst its enemies. But Evil in itself is too big to be confined to to just a few.” ― Amish Tripathi A very long awaited review! I had read this book sometime in February around my birthday. God, so much has happened since….but we’re not here to talk about my life. Let’s jump right into it. In the previous book, the Immortals Of Meluha, Shiva was led by the Suryavanshis to a war against Chandravanshis after a blast that was experienced at the Mount Mandar, destroying everything and killing everyone — including Shiva’s new close friend, Brahaspati. Without his friend and with a fate twisting discovery from Chandravanshis’ about their saviour, Shiva felt like he had wronged everyone and that he’s lost. Thus, he had meant to consult a priest. There, Shiva notices that a Naga is following his wife, Sati. The second book of the trilogy, The Secret Of The Nagas begins where the first book ends; with Sati being chased by a Naga, leaving behind golden coins that have never been seen before. After various consultations, Shiva and Sati plan a quest to get to the Nagas and complete avenging their friend, Brahaspati’s death. And, complete the quest, they did! They did not only find the Nagas but also discover many secrets that had been hidden from their plain sight. Shiva’s childhood fear leaves him at a saviour’s complex situation, which makes him think that he must be courageous and be a saviour to his subjects. He wants to find the Nagas because Nagas are the supposed evil, the common enemy of the Suryavanshis and Chandravanshis, and also, let’s not forget! One of them had killed Brahaspati…But will he be able to do something he couldn’t do as a child? Will he be able to save people in need? More importantly, would he be able to fight the enemy? Read the book! Now, if you’ve read my review for Immortals of Meluha, you’d know that I didn’t like that book much. The writing wasn’t good. The characters were two dimensional and shallow. The only thing that made me pick up the second book was the story. I was really nervous about reading this one and not liking the book. I hate it when I don’t like a book. Thankfully, I didn’t have to hate this one because this one surprisingly was much better than the previous one. Right from the beginning, the book had it’s speed. So I didn’t get bored. I was sucked into the plot immediately. I guess I got bored in the first book with all the non-hook hook and introductions with the ways of the Meluha world. Things happened very quickly, but not too quickly to confuse you. Although, speaking of confusions, many new characters showed up and I had to keep checking who’s who because I kept getting confusing the names. Another great thing about this book was that Amish pulled off the characters in this one, unlike in the previous book. The characters felt like real people. They had their fears, their internal struggles and personalities. I finally got the diversity in characters that I was looking for! Like I said, many new faces come up in this one; with them come along many surprises too. There’s a big reveal that the author keeps hinting at throughout the previous book that finally happens in this book, and that big reveal drives you, reader and Shiva towards the central story of the book- identification of good and evil. This book deals also subtly deals with the concept of superstitions and things not actually being the way they seem. I really loved it throughout. BUT… the writing however didn’t improve. However, at this point, I had stopped focusing on the prose. So, that worked out for me. Another thing that I did not like about the book is that the SECRET of the nagas was no secret to me. I had already figured that out before I actually got to that point. So, yeah, this was more like a personal fail for me but yeah, it did manage to spoil the fun sadly. Overall, I really really loved this book and I am glad that I did not DNF the book because of the first one. I give this a 4 out of 5 stars!! One less because of the writing. GOOD READ! Highly recommend.

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“Whether a man is legend or not, is decided by history, not fortune tellers” – The Immortals Of Meluha by Amish Wow! This book took its own sweet time to finish. But this time, unfortunately, my reasons to finish late were sadly not confined to my life-thrown inconveniences, but also had its roots from my dissatisfaction while reading this book. Before we go into the nitty-gritty of this book, let’s discuss the blurb first, shall we? ‘The Immortals Of Meluha’ is the first book in the Shiva trilogy which is an Indian mythology based on the fictional and fabricated accounts of lord Shiva’s legend. The story sets in the early 1900BC of the Indus Valley Civilization that it’s then inhabitants used to call as ‘Meluha’. Ruled under the teachings of Lord Ram, Meluha was once a proud empire but over the years, it’s inhabitants- the Suryavanshis-have come across many obstacles. Their revered river Sarasvati has almost dried up. They face recurrent attacks from their enemies, called the Chandravanshis. The only thing they look forward to is the day their saviour arrives. Their legendary Neelkanth. In the search of Neelkanth, the Meluhan captain, Nandi sets foot in the Tibetan land of the tribal Gunas, where he meets Shiva, the tribe leader who has his past as his greatest enemy. One things lead to another and the Meluhans start to believe the legend of Neelkanth but the question remains– Is Shiva really the legendary saviour everyone has been waiting for? Personally, I was really nervous before getting into this one because essentially this was going to be my first ever Indian mythology based fiction, and if you’ve been here long, you’d know how much I love mythology and folktales in general. On top of that, the fact that its based on Lord Shiva really excited me, because hello! My name literally comes from his name (Shivangi means Shiva’s organ and is also another name for his wife, Sati/Parvati) and because I had already heard a few fascinating myths about him, growing up. My expectations were really high! Like I said, even though I am not a religious person and I don’t know much about Indian mythology myself but I still had some idea about his legend. So when I found out that this book has little to no reference to the actual known myths of Shiva; that this book is solely a fictional imagination of Lord Shiva as a human, I was kinda disappointed. It just felt to me like I was reading a historical account of a man who everyone came to worship at some point, and not about Lord Shiva himself. But whatever, storytelling doesn’t have rules so I let that slide. Just was a little frustrating :/ While we are talking about this, Lord Shiva is most famously known as the Bholenath as well for the same reason because he is easily pleased, stays patient all the time and forgives people very quickly to the point that it is almost a fault. Now, some of the ways that Shiva was showcased in this book was not how I had expected him to be at all. Like I never expected his character to use profanities and many other things that I don’t remember at the moment as I am writing is. Well, its not a big deal since the story is about Shiva originating as a human being but yeah, a bit hard to believe. Also, Amish really could have put more efforts into creating characters. Everyone except for Shiva, his love interest- Sati and another guy, Parvateshwar who was the general of the Meluhan empire, were all really giving me robot vibes. They were all saying the same thing, they all had the sames desires, conflicts, ideologies and just same everything. And uhm…is it too late to tell you that the book was narrated from third person omniscient point of view- which technically means that the reader gets to sit at the top and view the story from a bird’s eye; three-dimensional-all character’s point of story angle. But the fact that all the characters sounded the same really did not help the narrative purpose. I literally had to double check again and again for name tags whenever I read the dialogues. All of these characters seemed flat. There was just no diversity or depth in characters! One thing that I did like was the projection of Shiva’s inner turmoil from the very beginning of the book. It sets the tone that our protagonist is running away from his past, which makes this new task at hand- to save Meluhans, all the more a tough decision to take. *sighs* Only if Amish had done the same for the rest of the cast as well. Coming to the writing part, the language was easy to understand. Maybe a little too easy that it kept dragging me away from the story. I could sense a lot of authorization and ‘telling’ in the book, which is to say, telling is fine when its in the first few drafts of the book, and also essentially needed to some extent to support the visual descriptions but in this book, I couldn’t help but notice all the unnecessary usage of telling, especially in the final manuscript. Editors could have done a better job in eliminating all the times where I felt like it was being rubbed in my face that- “Yes, you are not the character. You are just reading about them.” It made the book really hard for me to immerse myself into, which was one huge reason why I couldn’t read for months. Another thing that really bothered me was the big romance between Shiva and Sati. Personally, I am not a huge fan of love-at-first-sight and insta-love thing that is really popular otherwise. I just don’t get it. I was totally not on board when Shiva meets Sati for the first time and starts thinking about words like- “My soulmate”. Like, how do you know? I don’t know, maybe if you are someone who does like instant love romances, you wouldn’t feel as disappointed as I did. Now, I know what you are thinking. “Why didn’t you DNF the book if you didn’t like it?” Who said I didn’t like it? *acts shocked* Well, well, well, although this book was not really the greatest Indian mythology fiction, as I had expected it to be. But the one thing that kept me turning the page was the story, which although started late because of all the world-building info-dump that was introduced before the actual thing started, was intriguing enough for me to complete the book and jump on the second installment. The plot does lose its pace from time to time with unnecessary glorification about the famous Indus Valley Civilization and other things alike but after around page 200, it did get better. The plot also carried the famous up-down-up structure which was interesting to follow. Overall, I would give this book a 3 out of 5 stars. This book could have been much better had it not been for poor prose form and characterization in general. If you are someone who likes reading mythology from a different perspective and you don’t mind the writing, you might enjoy this. Hope this review helped you. Thank you so much for reading.

Immortals of Meluha (The Shiva Trilogy Book 1)

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“Well…sure, good to be together again. Arguing. Almost dying. Abject terror.” – Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian by Rick Riordan This statement by our very own goat boy, Grover literally sums up the entire plot of this book! Yes, everyone! I finally finished Percy Jackson’s last book in the series, and gosh! It took me forever to finish this one. All thanks to my bad health and overloading stress over studies. Okay, okay. I will spare you all from the unnecessary update about my life that nobody asked for. Let’s jump right into the review! This is the final book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The previous one had ended with the thought of preparing for the war that is around the corner, and Nico and Percy were up to some craziness. Continuing from the story, the Last Olympian begins with a bang and does not slow down at all. Grover had been sent out as an outcast previously and now is nowhere to be seen. Kronos is advancing quickly with his army and is now stronger more than ever. Annabeth and Percy’s relationship is kind of in a weird zone, and Rachel cropping up in their frame every now and then, doesn’t help the matters. There are a lot of things happening in this book and there is no simple, straight way to put them into words without spoiling anything, so I am going to let that pass. Honestly, I always get really nervous about the ‘end’ portion of any series or a novel because I think that a good ending changes the whole perspective of the story. An ending gone wrong can change the whole meaning of the story and it really narrows down to a yay-or-nay situation. Needless to say, I was really nervous getting into this one and had quietly wished that it lives up to my expectations. Well, thankfully, it did! I am not disappointed at all. I have to say that all of the books in this series were really action packed, but this one took away the prize. It just went on and on and on… Totally insane in an ‘out-of-the-world’ kind of way! In this book, the readers will finally get to see how the great prophecy plays out. Everything…just everything makes sense by the end of this book. I really appreciate how nicely Rick Riordan has tied all the loose ends neatly, with a beautiful ribbon bow on the top. With humour still intact, the author has done a great job weaving the backstories of every character into the role of the prophecy and the entire plot. You will see things from all angles, with many secrets of the past coming to the forefront. Like, you will see why some of the campers (including Luke) decided to side with the titan lord and how nobody is free from blame. Every character (main, minor, forgotten) has a role to play- which was wicked! It was fun to see some old faces and some unexpected heroes emerge. The climax was explosive! It was heart-breaking, tensing and so driven with energy, action and emotions! I literally started sobbing at one point but the final end, I have to say, was light hearted and really sweet. I kept smiling as I read the closing chapters. So, so good! The book ends with a new prophecy for the beginning of the new series- The Heroes Of Olympus. Yes, I will try to get my hands on them but probably not now. Sometime soon for sure! I also wanted to discuss about characters because…I want to and you can’t stop me (and also because a friend has asked for my opinion about the characters I really liked). Firstly, I would like to talk about our boy, Percy Jackson. He is definitely a really likeable protagonist. His impulsive nature and dry humoured commentary about his adventures really make him even more of an interesting and a relatable character. There is this line in this book where Percy finally gets to read the great prophecy and obviously its something dark, but then he says something like this- “If its going to happen, it will happen. I will not waste my time worrying about it.” These are not the exact words he says (obviously), because using them here would only spoil the prophecy for you, but when he said that I was like, “Wow! You are so brave. I wanna be like you. Careless about the things you can’t control.” So so brave! Also, I really want to talk about Luke. His character was so beautifully presented. I really liked him in this book. It felt like I got to know a whole new side of him, which is to say, you will literally see how Luke was before the camp and why is he the way he is. His character was so realistic and so so beautifully gray. He has made huge mess ups. He is too flawed to be called good but also he is slightly good than to be labelled bad, if that makes any sense. Although I really wanted to slap him silly and break his nose or something throughout the series, but he felt really real and relatable (to me at least. I am definitely a morally gray character too lol). Overall, the writing style, the description of the mood, the atmosphere and the settings, the character development of all the characters as the plot moves forward is just genius! Filled with action, tough choices, betrayals, a little bit of romance and many dark secrets- this book is a full 5 out of 5 star deserving book! This one is definitely my favourite installment in the whole series. Although, I am really sad. I wasn’t prepared to say goodbye to Percy, Annabeth, Grover and his other half blood friends. Love them and love this series! Highly recommend!

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5)

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“Oh, Hades if I know. But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.” – Percy Jackson and the Battle Of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan With lots of adventure, much incredibly improved character development and lots of romance (Yes, you read that right!) and jealousy, Percy Jackson takes another toll on a butt-load of monsters, the titans and a looming prophecy of his life. Percy Jackson and the Battle Of Labyrinth is the fourth book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This time around, Percy is enrolling for another school, where his mother’s friend- Paul Blowfish (oh, sorry, blowfis)- is one of the teachers. But as inevitable as it is, everything goes down in flames- quite literally. As he rushes out of the problem with a surprise entry of another one, he encounters Annabeth. Things happen quickly, they get back to the camp but things are worse there. Even worse than the time they didn’t have Golden Fleece. There is a labyrinth growing in the seemingly ‘safe’ premises of camp half blood, and Luke is using it to go against the Olympians. By every minute, the camp is growing vulnerable as Krono’s army prepares to invade its impassable borders to start a war. Percy, Annabeth, Grover and Tyson set out on a quest through the growing labyrinth with traps and monsters at every turn to find Daedalus, the creator of the labyrinth and to stop him from sharing the Ariadne’s string with the rest of the titan’s army. In the mix, we get to see Nico Di Angelo and Rachel Dare Elizabeth, both of whom we have met in the previous book and they both play a major role in this one. Needless to say, I really liked this book and how it turned out. Percy and the rest of his demigod friends are really growing fast and man, this series is about to end! I- *speechless* The character development is incredible and really visible, and not just for Percy but for every other character. One of my friends had asked me to look out for Nico Di Angelo and honestly, in the previous book, he didn’t catch as much of my attention as he did this time around. His character really shines through the grey area (which I really like about fictional-and real-people), and is more credulous and relatable in this one. Also, did I mention that there’s a trace of romance and jealousy here? I am really really trying to keep my lips sealed and not yell out to everyone that my ship is soooo ready to sail! But, ugh. Deep breaths! All I would say for this part is that these kids are growing up and they have more problems to deal with that are not just about monsters and wars, but also about teenagery-girl-boy stuff. I was going to give this book a 4 out of 5 stars initially (around after 85% of the book), because I had figured out most of the prophecy accurately by myself beforehand but then something happened. I am not going to say it but something totally unexpected happened…and BAM! 4.5 stars! In addition, the last chapter of the book was so so sweet. I couldn’t stop smiling and then, someone unexpected shows up at the very end, building up the suspense for the next book. The end will truly make you want to jump headfirst to the fifth and the final one in this series, immediately. Cause, that is what happened with me! Yes, I have started reading the fifth book (although I am not much far into it). If you can’t tell already, I am super pumped up! More pieces of the puzzle are coming together and I like how crafty this is getting! So, GO READ IT, IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY.

The Battle of the Labyrinth: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4

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“You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear through the search.” -Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan This book took me a little over a week to finish just because I had to stop reading it from time to time so that I could focus on my own book. But all the while when I read this book, it was a total delight. I swear, this series keeps getting better with each book! Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse is the third book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. At this point, Percy has made a new companion- Thalia. Along with Annabeth and Thalia on his side, the third adventure of Percy begins with a quest at hand to keep the newly identified half bloods, found at a school, safe from the half human half lion monster, who is also the vice principal of the said school. Things get immediately out of hand when the new half bloods find themselves trapped with the vice principal. Percy gets into action and tries to save them but in the process, Annabeth goes missing. Word gets out that someone called a General is planning something, an ancient mythical monster will be brought back to life to wreak havoc and, obviously, Luke has a hand in all of this. With a friend gone missing, a goddess trapped in chains and a prophecy about not all surviving the quest, Percy Jackson is left with no choice but to do everything in his power to fight for what is right. This book deals with the idea of decision making and the chaos created by the fate, drawn by doubt, grief, defeat and fear of the unknown. It never fails to impress me how intricately the author presents the characters and the plot, with a lot of comedy. I never felt bored. The way Rick Riordan describes each mythical story, weaving it around the plot, from his own brilliant point of view is classic. One of my biggest enjoyments in this book were to see Artemis and the huntresses. I absolutely loved them! Oh, to never grow up, pledge on an eternity of maidenhood and turn men into jackalope…that is the kind of life I aspire to live someday (sigh). Zoe, one of the huntresses, has got to be one of my favourite new characters. She is prickly and difficult but throughout the story, you learn why is she the way she is. Thalia, too, is not particularly my favourite but I really loved her as a sole character. She was introduced just in the last book and by the end of this one, I feel like I know her personally. She is an epic mix of bad-ass and sweet, just like the huntresses. The new half bloods, Nico and Bianca are dynamic in their own way but I was hoping to read more about them, although the plot is great as it is. In this book, Percy Jackson doesn’t really care anymore and fights everyone…and, well, this was one of the main thing I was living for! There is also a point in this book where Aphrodite, the love goddess, shows up. Although I really don’t like her much but I just really loved the way she was described and oh, man! I think a ship I had long foreseen is going to sail soon! Yay! You can tell by the end of this one that the series is going to take a bit of a darker turn. Like never have I ever thought that a funny guy like Rick Riordan would be able to make me tear up, but I swear to God, I cried like three times reading this book. But its worth it and makes sense with an inevitable prophecy looming over. Always funny, fast paced, mythically mysterious with many dynamic characters, The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan is a well deserved 5 star rated book. I am going to say just three more words. READ IT ALREADY!

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