Inane Murtaza

Another day, another book review. As they say, never judge a book by its cover but when the cover turns out to be so cliched, one cannot help but judge the book. I was however promised a story that is different from the novels that are being churned out these days and I decided to take my risk on the same. Read further onto find out how the book fares. Blurb (From Amazon): Major Virat Singh Rajput was once a fearless Black Cat commando who had saved Mumbai from its venomous perpetrators. His life took a beautiful turn when he got engaged to Pratishtha Sachdev, the girl he had selflessly loved for the last fourteen years. Everything was blissful, until one day Pratishtha mysteriously went missing. Virat, who was hailed as India’s hero, has now become a villain and is facing a certain death penalty. Only one woman can save him. Criminal Defence Lawyer Vaishnavi Pandit has not won her first six cases. She is adamant to win her seventh. But, still, no one knows where Pratishtha...

It's been a pretty long time that I have started on a thriller that I had picked up without considering the author. A good amount of rave reviews online made me pick up this book which otherwise would have gone unnoticed by me if it hadn't been the posts on my various social media handles. Lotte and Soren Hammer's The Night Ferry though is the fifth book in the series of thrillers featuring Konrad Simonsen, is a pretty standalone novel and that's what made me decide to pick up this book as otherwise I haven't read the series. So how did the book fare in my eyes, read ahead to check it out. Blurb : Sixteen children and four adults are killed in a devastating boat crash in Copenhagen. Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is called in, only to discover that this was no accident and that one of the passengers has a very personal connection to the homicide team. Reeling from this revelation and not knowing who to trust, Simonsen follows a trail that even...

So this has been a pretty long pending book review. A few months back, Abhinav (the author of the book) asked me to review his piece of work and he promised me that it won't be disappointing. He had shared the manuscripts as well as sent me the final copy of the book. Though I had finished the book quite a long time back, I kept procrastinating the review but I had finally decided to do it. Did the author stick on his promise of a book that won't disappoint? Read it further to know. Blurb : Trying to protect his pregnant wife, scientist Ashwin Rathore gets killed – unexpectedly and unwantedly. A deadly force lurks in the murk that wants her too, but why? Is it because she works for and with the military and Intelligence teams in the country, or is it because she knows something that no one else does? My Take on the Book : Being disappointed with a lot of Indian author books these days, this book comes as a breathe of fresh air. The author takes on a pretty simple pl...

It's been a pretty long time that I have posted a review. I have completed a lot of books in these days but procrastinating the reviews for quite a while but I had to start somewhere. Enters 'The Bitter Pill Social Club', Rohan Dahiya's take on the high society life of India and how a dysfunctional family works which looks happy on the outside but broken on the inside. Blurb: The Bitter Pill Social Club takes a look at the lives of the Kochhar family, who find themselves drifting apart in the city of gins and fake friends, wrapped in cigarette smoke. As one of their own gears up to tie the knot, three siblings come home to the neurotic parents who raised them. Meanwhile the parents face the family patriarch's constant judgment. Divorce, disappointment, and disasters ensue as the entitled Kochhar brood dodges old lovers and marriage proposals. What's good about the book: 1. The author here does not dwell much into the introduction of the characters. T...

Are you excited or are you excited? Rohan Dahiya's latest book 'The Bitter Pill Social Club' is finally out on Amazon. If you are still wondering whether to buy the book, check out the excerpt below and I'm sure you will not wait long to get a copy in your hands. Thank you so much Bloomsbury for making me a part of this exciting journey. "In her first month living in Bombay, Gayatri had decided on a few things as absolutions; truths that helped her make sense of the world she now lived in. The first was that people who wore kolhapuri chappals rarely had anything interesting to say. That people who listened to Nucleya were smarter than others. And that she hated sunsets. She hated sunsets more than anything else now, because her house on Pali Hill had a stunning view of sunsets and she hated the end of another day. Hated that she was the same person at the end of it as when the day began. Then she would sit and wonder if it was worse to be stupid or rationali...

I have been suffering from a reading slump for quite a while and hence finishing a book has become a huge task for me these days. So, I wanted to make sure that I would start with a book that could make me get over this slump. Chakravyuh was one of those stories that has a lot of promises in store. Read on further to find out whether it stays high on its promises or falls flat. Blurb : Arjun Sud, A 42 year old, CA lives a stressful corporate life working for an MNC with his family in Mumbai. Their adventure holiday turns into a brutal battle when the innocent family gets surrounded by the tribals. In the middle of the jungle, Arjun is faced with the tremendous horror of fighting the mighty Paharias at the same time solving the complicated puzzle (CHAKRAVYUH) to free his beloved family. Racing against time the family has a daunting task of cracking a meticulously designed ancient maze against unknown scavengers in uncharted territory. The story unfolds as the family finds the secrets...

This was my last read for March and since then I have been in a kind of reading slump. I had received this book in exchange for an honest review. These days it takes quite a lot of effort to read a book by an Indian Author especially when the genre is romance. When Opposites Meet has been termed a bestseller and here is my take on the book. Blurb: What happens when opposites meet? When two completely different people find themselves drawn to each other? Can they really find happiness together? Can wheelchair-bound Ritwika find a chord that connects her to national-level athlete Chetan? Will Aditi's irrepressible cheerfulness restart Jayant's life, put on indefinite pause since his parents' death? Does Indu, happily divorced, rediscover her faith in love with the reclusive Lokesh? When Opposites Meet is the story of three unlikely couples and the differences between them. It's the story of love, and the possibility of finding it in the most unlikely of places. My...