Here are some suggestions to write a comprehensive book review. I thought I knew how to write book reviews.. until I read someone else’s :p ! So I decided to make up a guide to refer back to before I start writing each review. I’ve jotted it down in the form of questions so that its easy to check back if there is some aspect missed in the review. I sometimes even make notes while I read, but that’s sure stretching it a bit unless you want to go pro…
Book Review by Neel Bhat
Author: Suketu Mehta
Genre: Non-fiction.
Maximum City is a first person account of the largest metropolis of India: Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) and people that give the city its unique character.
Book stands out because of the thorough research done by the author and the first eprson narrative which takes the readers to its locations and brings them face to face with its characters.
Author starts with an autobiographical chapter, tracing his family history and how they came to Bombay and then presents his own…
Paulo Coelho may be one of my favorite authors. His writing is insightful and intense. He writes like a poet about the most ordinary things. In reading some of his previous novels, I have found reason to pause and contemplate. Unfortunately, Brida is not on the top of my “contemplate list”. It is more like a kids story than a powerful book with a strong message - something we come to expect with Paulo Coelho.
Brida is an Irish gal who wants to learn about the mysteries of the magical…
Reviewed by: Thejaswini Holla
The first I heard of this was through the movie. In my humble opinion silver screen never does enough justice & when I realised this was an adapation I badly wanted to read through the novel. I was glad I did.
The silver screen adaptation sticks close to the book, but as in most cases the book portrays layers of myriad emotions.
In one line: the book depicts Indian mentality that led to colonization and subsequent realization of our importance as a nation that led to…
Reviewed by Alisa
I planned to read Committed and then write Gilbert, telling her, “It’s a fantastic book. You worried all this time for nothing. It’s even BETTER than Eat, Pray, Love. I didn’t even finish Eat, Pray, Love, but I finished Committed!”
And finish it I did. I finished it in just 1.5 days.
Committed is based on the year Gilbert spent coming to terms with the fact that she had to marry Felipe, who, had I read to the end of Eat, Pray, Love, would have already been…
New York Times Review
Bestselling author Nassim Nicholas Taleb continues his exploration of randomness in his fascinating new book, The Black Swan, in which he examines the influence of highly improbable and unpredictable events that have massive impact. Engaging and enlightening, The Black Swan is a book that may change the way you think about the world, a book that Chris Anderson calls, “a delightful romp through history, economics, and the frailties of human nature.” See Anderson’s entire guest review below.
A black swan is a highly improbable event with…
Book Review reposted with permission from Abhinav
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”
As is written on the cover of the book ,”Lance Armstrong’s Story is the stuff of legends.”
When a healthy man who has been wining races is suddenly informed that he is suffering from testicular cancer his life gets shattered.Especially if you are diagnosed of tumors in…
I read the book ‘A Better India, A Better world’; written by a great person whom I admire a lot – Mr. N R Narayana Murthy, Founder of Infosys – a giant Information Technology Company. I admire him for many reasons; and I would like to share four specific reasons. First, he is a successfulEntrepreneur. Second, as a person he is humble to the core and he is an extraordinary human being with very good values. Third, He contributed his best to address the most critical problem of our nation…
Reviewed by Cathy
I recently blogged about the meaning of the “zahir”, so thought that I would review Paulo Coelho’s book, which I just read in September.
The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. And since becoming an author, he now adds blogging to his list of leisure activities.
Readers might be more familiar with The Alchemist or Eleven Minutes, but I am certain…
Review by Priya Iyer
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s Totto Chan: The Little Girl At The Window is one of those books that satisfy you deeply and stay with you long after you have read it. I happened to read a touching review of this book, and I knew I wanted to read it. I am so happy I could get a copy of the book! It is a book that you can so easily miss, and your life would be all the poorer for it.
Totto Chan: The Little Girl At The…
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