Category: Book Review

Narcopolis – Review

Name: Narcopolis Author: Jeet Thayil Year: 2012 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤   I found Bombay and opium, the drug and the city, the city of opium and the drug Bombay.   Narcopolis begins with a prologue of great size. A seven page sentence which, under normal circumstances would irk the reader, but the sentence, all seven pages... Continue Reading →

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The Age of Innocence – Review

Book: The Age of Innocence Author: Edith Wharton Year: 1920 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤ Society is what makes the rules and it has the capacity to bring to life and to kill the players who don’t adhere to it. Duty versus Love. It’s an interesting stipulation that can be regarded either strictly in academic terms or in real terms. Academic... Continue Reading →

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Nikki Heat Series – Review

Book: Nikki Heat Series (Book 1 to Book 6) Author: Richard Castle Year: Between 2009 and 2014 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤ A friend of mine suggested the Nikki Heat series because of two reasons. One, I liked the series when I watched a few episodes on TV. Two, she thinks that lately we have been reviewing a lot of books... Continue Reading →

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Em and the Big Hoom – Review

Book: Em and the Big Hoom Author: Jerry Pinto Year: 2012 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤❤ The Big Hoom will sit by her bed and she will hold his forearms as he reads the paper. From time to time, she will say, ‘Mambo?’ And he will put down the paper and look at her. ‘Nothing’, she will say. And he will... Continue Reading →

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The Final Empire (Mistborn # 1) – Review

Book: The Final Empire (Mistborn # 1) Author: Brandon Sanderson Year: 2006 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤❤   “The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.” Brandon has created a world of magic where the world is covered in black mist and is ruled by an entity who calls himself Lord Ruler. He is un-beatable and immortal... Continue Reading →

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The Museum of Innocence – Review

Book: The Museum of Innocence Author: Orhan Pamuk Year: 2009 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤ Sometimes we'd do nothing but sit there in silence You read that, right? Now imagine 7 pages of tiny print, each beginning with the word 'sometimes'. It gets to you.  The Museum of Innocence is a drama surrounding the life of Kemal Bey and his love... Continue Reading →

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Cry, the Peacock – Review

Book: Cry, The Peacock Author: Anita Desai Year: 1963 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤❤ Sickened, I shut my eyes, but tenuous eye-lids were no protection against the leer of the sun that morning. The light merely turned red, tinged with my own blood that crept through the hair-fine veins across my lids. I saw the world through my... Continue Reading →

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The Quest of the Sparrows – Review

Book: The Quest of the Sparrows Author: Kartik Sharma Year: 2011 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤ Some of us tend to label books with spirituality as their background as preachy and intrusive. I, too, had avoided such books based on this mostly unwarranted prejudice of mine, so I decided to test ‘The Quest of the Sparrows’, against this prejudice, with... Continue Reading →

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Americanah – Review

Book: Americanah Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Year: 2013 Bookhad Rating: ❤❤❤❤❤ “Why did people ask "What is it about?" as if a novel had to be about only one thing.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah I have always believed that any great story can be summarized in one line. If someone asks you what's it about, you should... Continue Reading →

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