Category: Book Reviews

Book Review: When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy

Book Name: When I Hit You Author: Meena Kandasamy Publisher: Juggernaut Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Seduced by politics, poetry and an enduring dream of building a better world together, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor. Moving with him…

Book Review: Mr. Iyer Goes to War by Ryan Lobo

Book Title: Mr. Iyer Goes to War Author: Ryan Lobo Pages: 215 Publisher: Bloomsbury Rating: 3.5/5 Story in a nutshell: Beginning in an old age home located near River Ganges in the city of Varanasi, the novel follows the adventures…

Book Review: Dark Diamond by Shazia Omar

Book Review: Dark Diamond by Shazia Omar Book Name: Dark Diamond Author: Shazia Omar Publisher: Bloomsbury ISBN: 9385936468 Number of Pages: 229 Rating: 3.8/5 Story in a nutshell: ‘All that they cherish shall perish’. Kalinoor, the dark variant of the…

Book Review: Mornings After by Tharun James Jimani

Book Review: Mornings After by Tharun James Jimani Book Name: Mornings After Author: Tharun James Jimani Publisher: Bloomsbury ISBN: 9789385436468 Number of Pages: 266 Overall Rating: 4/5 Reviewed by: Sai Prasanna P. Story in a nutshell: Sonya works in the…

Do We Not Bleed (Book Review) by Mehr Tarar

Do We Not Bleed (Book Review) by Mehr Tarar Book Name: Do We Not Bleed Author: Mehr Tarar Publisher: Aleph Rating: 3.7/5 Blurb: Do We Not Bleed? Reflections of a 21st-Century Pakistani is a passionate, illuminating book about contemporary Pakistan. Comprising…

Born To Be Hanged (Book Review) by Syeda Hameed

Book Name: Born To Be Hanged Author: Syeda Hameed Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held the reins of the country from 1971 to 1977. He was overthrown in 1977 by his Chief of Army…

Home At Last (Book Review) by Sarada Chiruvolu

Book Name: Home At Last Author: Sarada Chiruvolu Publisher: Amaryllis Press Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Home at Last explains specific landmarks that we encounter during the journey toward enlightenment, based on the author’s direct experience. The book also lets readers…