Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Feedback on 'Love Me in the End' - Sonia Kundra Singh

Book Name : Love Me in the End....are perfect matches still made in Heaven 
Author : Sonia Kundra Singh


Initial reaction : Came across this book through flipkart, after reading the reviews, decided to go ahead and buy the book. Just another run-of-the-mill romance stories, I thought!!


Synopsis : Its all about the impulsive Ria and the head strong Armaan and a situation of an arranged marriage. The journey of hate and love, culminating into a beautiful story of 'Love Me in the End'


My Personal Feedback : As the heading goes, another chic-lit love story. I was prepared to go through another 200 odd pages of a love story between this time, Ria and Armaan.  To begin with, I loved both the names used by the author. Story started at a good pace, dropped a little bit towards the middle and gained a lot of momentum towards the end-which kept me adequately interested in what was going on. I absolutely fell in love with Ria's character, thought Armaan's character could see better times.
The author in Sonia has indeed got good writing skills, good job done with the story. Can definitely improve in her next novel.
A rating of 3.5/5, simply for the reason, the ending was beautiful, the start and the middle portions could be worked upon better.

Feedback - Till the Last Breath by Durjoy Datta


Book Name : Till the Last Breath
Author : Durjoy Datta


Personal Opinion: Being a huge fan of Durjoy Datta, since his first book, Durjoy gets only better with his books. This one speaks volumes of the talent that Durjoy possesses. Normally a Durjoy book would contain a lot of intimate scenes between characters, yet here he has managed to write a book with hardly any substantial 'intimate-scene' content. I absolutely loved this book, I could actually picture the entire book like a film, as I kept reading. Liked the scenes in the hospital, beautiful narration lines of Pihu's character. The doc Armaan, Kajal and Zara's lines were beautifully written too.
This book deals with maturity on the part of the author and with emotions that are felt in the real life. 

All in all, this book makes a Must-Read and should hold a place in every book-shelf of the Indian reader. As a reader, and not being a biased Durjoy Datta fan, I'd rate 'Till the Last Breath' 4.5/5. A book you should definitely not miss out on.





Feedback - The India I dream of...


Book Name : When Life tricked me.. and love kicked me...Author : Vikrant Khanna
Synopsis : Story about a bunch of youngsters who come together to serve a common purpose, MAKE A CHANGE! They turn to the social networking world of Facebook. But, in a country where the attitude 'chalta hai' works, in every walk of life-will Facebook and a bunch of youngsters be able to change, and will we Indians even care for the effort. Come and be part of the change.....with Harsh, Dev and Nikita.

My Personal Review : I among many others, was anxiously waiting for this book release, after the author's fantastic debut of 'When Life tricked me'. This book by its title, and the sheer talent of the author in terms of his writing skills and exemplary language was sure to catch everyone by storm. Its a good novel to read, especially when we as Indians can connect to this book, for the author has mentioned nothing unrealistic but, things that happen in our every day-t0 day life. Character potrayal was good, I liked the character of Dev. The book goes slow in certain places, picks up in others-overall a good read, it gets the message across LOUD AND CLEAR to every Indian reading the book. In comparison to Vikran't first book, I believe he has gone a few notches lower in terms of expectations from his fans. Looking for a resurgence from Vikrant in his next book. On a scale of 5, I'd give a 3.5. 



A little on Vikrant : A guy who plays the guitar, composes songs and does a bit of cooking is surely gotta be one cool dude. To top it all he is the captain in the Merchant Navy. A wonderful person and a good author. Go well buddy! You are truly blessed and talented, keep up the good work :)