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dhruv1996's review
4.0
About the book
Three unique souls- Shit Khandelwal, Mohit Banerjee and Sahil quereshi come together by chance. Their life gets increasingly intertwined and what follows is a story full of ups and downs.
What I liked about the book-
(1) The start and the end were something that will stay with me.
(2) The vocabulary usage is commendable.
(3) The cover and title matches perfectly with the book.
What could have been better-
(1) For most part, the sentences used were very small. And this broke the continuity.
(2) The writing style felt a bit amatuerish, even the characters sometimes felt immature.
(3) I could not sympathize with any of the 3 protagonist after the initial crime.
(4) There were quite a few typos and grammar mistakes.
Overall, a book that could have been a lot better. But, I am sure that with time, the young authors' writing will also improve by leaps and bounds.
Three unique souls- Shit Khandelwal, Mohit Banerjee and Sahil quereshi come together by chance. Their life gets increasingly intertwined and what follows is a story full of ups and downs.
What I liked about the book-
(1) The start and the end were something that will stay with me.
(2) The vocabulary usage is commendable.
(3) The cover and title matches perfectly with the book.
What could have been better-
(1) For most part, the sentences used were very small. And this broke the continuity.
(2) The writing style felt a bit amatuerish, even the characters sometimes felt immature.
(3) I could not sympathize with any of the 3 protagonist after the initial crime.
(4) There were quite a few typos and grammar mistakes.
Overall, a book that could have been a lot better. But, I am sure that with time, the young authors' writing will also improve by leaps and bounds.
magical_booklush's review
4.0
This novel was an excellent read for me. If to be honest, I was not quite interested in reading it as I thought it would be a common thriller novel that all Indian authors are writing these days but this one was totally unique. This novel had so many characters and the main 3 characters; Dhir, Mohit and Sahil were so cleanly and smoothly described. Their back story presentation and how they met each other and embarked on this wonderful journey was portrayed so flawlessly. I personally liked the character of Dhir and Roshni. I did find a bit of errors in the story and I somehow couldn’t connect to all the characters but one thing that I loved about this book is that it portrayed the effect of Terrorism on Muslims.
Being a Muslim girl myself, I know how people look at a Muslim family and during terrorist attacks, we are either directly or indirectly targeted, even though we did nothing but it’s pointed to us. Piyush Gupta won my heart in just a few pages where he showed Dhir’s harshness over Sahil for being a Muslim. This author explored all corners and left no stone unturned in the writing of this book. He has added a touch of the LGBTQ essence, the Muslim community, the interfaith marriages, the love of brother and sister, the corruption in India where a man can willingly steal poor people’s money and not get pointed at. I must say that I will be keeping an eye out for his next book and can’t wait to read what he is writing next.
One more thing that I would like to point out here that is not for the review but just my opinion.
He wrote about Islamophobia despite being a Hindu and he also presented a Muslim family and depicted their life but in no way did I find anything offensive. So this guy clearly did a great job and many of you must be thinking why am I taking this issue seriously, it’s just a Muslim character in the book but portraying that character and giving it a proper and decent POV is very difficult and Piyush Gupta won my heart at this point.
Being a Muslim girl myself, I know how people look at a Muslim family and during terrorist attacks, we are either directly or indirectly targeted, even though we did nothing but it’s pointed to us. Piyush Gupta won my heart in just a few pages where he showed Dhir’s harshness over Sahil for being a Muslim. This author explored all corners and left no stone unturned in the writing of this book. He has added a touch of the LGBTQ essence, the Muslim community, the interfaith marriages, the love of brother and sister, the corruption in India where a man can willingly steal poor people’s money and not get pointed at. I must say that I will be keeping an eye out for his next book and can’t wait to read what he is writing next.
One more thing that I would like to point out here that is not for the review but just my opinion.
He wrote about Islamophobia despite being a Hindu and he also presented a Muslim family and depicted their life but in no way did I find anything offensive. So this guy clearly did a great job and many of you must be thinking why am I taking this issue seriously, it’s just a Muslim character in the book but portraying that character and giving it a proper and decent POV is very difficult and Piyush Gupta won my heart at this point.
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