ESS (Empty Sun Street) by Barsha Sahoo

ESS by Barsha Sahoo
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I started this book for light reading after checking the synopses. I was amassed how quickly I was absorbed in it. This was a story of a teenage girl and her life around her best friend/love of her life. Although the story revolves around an imaginary american town, writer is actually from India. I am not particularly a fan of teen adult books from Indian writer , as I feel it gets somewhat creepy and cringe most of the times, but not this one.

I liked how the thoughts of the protagonist was shows in different phases of her life. When she was a teen , the narration was like coming from a tanager and when she grew up so did the writing . the author played beautifully with the timeline of the plot jumping from past to present . Many times we see that these things get confusing, but Barsha have done a splendid work here. She was successfully able to manage to keep the hold of the plot. in the later part I sometimes was lost but the climax makes the picture crystal clear . The hint of suspense added a right amount of excitement and was not over done.

I would definitely recommend this book for others. The writing style is also very fresh and new. I really enjoyed reading it.

I rate this book a 4*.

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The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi

The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was one of the most recommended book that I ever came across , and now I understand why . There are two types of comments for this book. People either loved it or hated it. There were no mixed reactions .I too was not very sure about how the Indian mythological fantasy will be represented, and how will it stand when compared to that of the classic fantasies like Lord of the Rings. But it did a splendid job. I am glad I read it , and I loved it. It took me some time to get registered with the personification of lord Shiva, but after getting used to it , I thoroughly enjoyed the plot.

What Amish have done exceptionally well, is to create the Meluha Empire. The Picture of the people, the culture , the cities was all in front of my eyes as if I was watching a movie. The bits of historical reference and places incorporated with the plot added the extra enthusiasm as it felt like a part of actual history. Amish played very smoothly between Myth , History and Hindu religious beliefs giving importance to each of them and also respecting the credibility.

The plot itself was very engaging. It was utterly impossible to lay down the book. The pace of the book was very stable , nothing was hurried or stretched. It had right amount of innocence, emotions , adventure ,romance and excitement . The wars chapters were also very well written . It had all the ingredients of a perfect fantasy.

The book ended in a very dramatic situation and I cannot wait to start the second book.

Overall I will certainly recommend this book and my rating is 4.5 *

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Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is one of the most popular books that I have read . I had high expectations from this book and it have lived up to it. I really enjoyed my time reading it . Though it was written as early as 1818, almost 200 years from now but the language was not very different from what we have today (unlike some other older books). There were few words every now and then that we don't use now a days , but there frequency was really low.

What really impressed me was of course the writing style . Mary Shelley is an absolute genius when it comes to convey emotions . The story revolves around the protagonist 'Victor' who had many ups and downs throughout the plot of the book . Shelly will make you feel the same way Victor felt in every situation. As a reader you will instantly connect with Victor and will want things to go well for him.You will feel his pain and grief. How Shelley have done this, playing with words is really magical.

This book is generally depicted as horror, and that's why I haven't read it for so long. I am not a big fan of this genre, but I am glad I did now . This was nothing like the other horror novels. It had the right amount of everything. Science-fiction, romance , emotions , tragedy and each aspect was portrayed so perfectly that in no point of time you with feel that things are getting lingered.

The monster here is not the convention one that we see in other horror stories. It will make you feel pity for him and in the same time disguised and angry. The author have done great job to make you see the world in the eyes of the monster and provide a reason for things he did(although not justifying it). His story also holds a big part of the plot.

Shelly drafted this when she was only 18. She wrote this masterpiece as a teenager with such precision and perfection. This is really remarkable. I will recommend everyone to read this book, you will not regret it.

This is now my personal favourite .

I rate this book a full 5 *

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