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Turtles All The Way Down

Turtles all the way down is written by Jhon Green. This book is a good read but I do not list it as a must read book.

I really liked the concept and the way it is written but I didn’t find the story very amusing or something that you can read in one sitting.

This story is about the lead heroine who is of anxious type and her best friend and a childhood friend whose father goes missing. They get together to find his father.

*spoilers ahead*

So as the story begins Aza Holmes and her best friend Daisy are listening to radio when they come to know that Russel Picket father of Davis Picket has now become a fugitive.

Since Aza is his childhood friend Daisy suggests they can find Russel and can be rich.

Aza is an Anxious person who has a habit of over thinking about the microbials around her, she has this tendency to get easily nervous and dig her nail in the skin of the thumb and disinfect it using a sanitizer and wrap a band-aid around it. While daizy is very enthusiastic person. Aza father had died and. Her mother was a teacher in her school.

Davis likes Aza but is afraid that she gets close to him just for her father and gives her bribe to not investigate about his disappearance as well as is afraid about his younger brother who only wants to find his father.

After series of events they finally do find their father but decides to move out of their present home.

The plus point about this book was the description of the microbial flora how they affect us and giving us an insite about the feelings of an Anxious person.

There is this line which Aza says that her grandmother once told her-“The earth is held on the shell of a huge turtle who is standing on another turtle and it’s turtle all the way down.”

Similarly when we are anxious we try to think about something else and just keep on thinking about it, like in spirals.

I love the quotes and lines written by Davis in his blogs. I didn’t really get how Aza finally find Russell’s whereabouts and his mentality.

But I do believe that it’s an eye-opening book that I did enjoy reading.

Tags book review, fantasy, fiction, John green, romance, suspense, turtles all the way down

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The Fault in our Star

Post author By pragyanshree
Post date February 29, 2020

This book is written by Jhon Green.

This book is a good read. Well it’s worth one time read atleast. This book is amazing once you start to read you just can’t stop till you read it all. I started it reading and it kept me interested till the end, though the story is kind off sad.

*spoiler alert*

I m writing this review about my personal thoughts on the book and it contents if you haven’t read it yet this is not your place to read it if the spoilers have an effect.

The book is all about cancer, A girl named Hazel is suffering from lung cancer and attends this weekly event organised for them where they thank God for their life and open about the struggles they are going through in where she meets Augustus Waters and they have an instant attraction for each other.

There is a book which both of them read ‘An imperial Affliction’ which is also a story about a girl suffering from leukemia and ofcourse Hazel connects with all the struggles she is facing but the thing was the book is finished in between lines and as a curious reader she wanted to know what the ending was and all tid bits happening in the book.

She sent several letters to the writer but he won’t response after she recommended it to Agustus he also wanted the same thing but somehow they managed to get hold of the author who tells her to Amsterdam and he would let her know the answer.

Guess what they are going to Amsterdam. But the Author disregards them quite rudely but they finally started like really dating around that time but the worst part of the story comes when Agustus dies, its a heart breaking moment and at his funeral the author come but now Hazel disregards him but do get to know the reason for his behaviour back in Amsterdam.

Hazel gets to know that Agustus was writing something for her since he promised that he would give her a nice ending to the story and right enough he had written and mailed it to the author who sends it back to Hazel and that moment anybody’s eyes would swell up with tears it was a heartfelt letter to author about how much he actually loved her and on that note the book ends.

It’s not that I didn’t like the book ofcourse I love it but I m one for a happy ending so don’t think gonna read it again but it’s a wonderful story and genuinely worth a read.

Tags book review, fantasy, fiction, John green, romance, the fault in our stars

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Into The Water

“Beckford is not a suicide spot. Beckford is a place to get rid of troublesome women.”

Into the water is a psychological suspense thriller written by Paula Hawkins published by Transworld Publishers it contains 430 pages.

The book starts with the death of Nel Abbott and her estranged sister is going to take care of her daughter.

This book contains multiple mysteries and keep you totally engrossed with whatever is going to happen next, also it is written in different characters perspective so you would know what that person would be thinking at that particular scene.

Complex relationship and the complexity of the human mind is also a focus of the book.

The story is written in the town of Beckford and lives of all the characters are somehow intermingled making you to suspect each one of them.

The mysteries of the drowning pool and the death of Katie Whittaker and Nel Abbott. This is so interesting that you keep on reading anticipating you don’t even know whom do you want to be the suspect.

The ending is so unpredictable, that leave you speechless.

All in All this book is too good and a must read on my list, the way it is written is one of the plus points, how all the mysteries are unravelled layer by layer is another one, I loved this book and recommend all to read it.

Tags book review, into the water, paula hawkins, suspense, Thriller

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Reading is fun

From now on i would be writing reviews and my views on any thing i would be reading be it novels, stories,comics even fanfiction.

Movies and series reviews maybe included sometimes 😉

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The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost is written by Oscar Wilde, published by Sahni Publications, 2013 edition. The book is around 100 pages , having 7 chapters and costing 75 Rupees.

This story is having humor and horror, but more of humor.

The story of ‘the canterville ghost’ takes place in the Canterville chase, the ghost of Sir Simon haunts the place and appears just before the death of members of the canterville family.

The house is purchased by Mr. Otis an American minister. He moves in the house and are greeted by lightening and blood stain in the living room.

Washington is the eldest of the Otis children, then their is Virginia and the twins often known as ‘star and stripe’.

The story is about Sir Simon multiple attempts to scare away the Otis family but is harassed by the twins. It tells the events dramatically about the ghost attempts and finally the ghost is set free for permanent sleep with a beautiful message of life and death.

The story keeps you thrilled and entertained till the end, all the events are funny with a beautiful ending, I recommend to read and enjoy this book.

Tags fantasy, horror, humor, the canterville ghost

fiction Thriller

The White Tiger

The White Tiger is written by Arvind Adiga published by HarperCollins Publishers, first published in India in 2008.

The story revolves around a boy named Munna, describing his journey from childhood in darkness to the time he became a well known entrepreneur.

The story begins in the form of a letter which is continues in series of nights, dividing the story into 8 chapters.

Munna later named Balram by his teacher, is a bright student but certain circumstances lead him to a tea shop, further leading him to become a driver of Mr. Ashok a coal businessman. by some interesting turn of events he breaks through and becomes a entrepreneur himself.

I like the way the story proceeds keeping you fully involved and holding you till the end in a thrilling ride, describing the way the system works and how the poor struggles and the rich rules.

The story is easy to relate and understand, and had me completely consumed in it, i highly recommend to read this one.

Tags arvind adiga, fiction, the white tiger, Thriller

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Heidi Heckelbeck

Heidi Heckelbeck tries out for the team is written by Wanda Coven and illustrations are by Priscilla Burris and published by Little simmon.

The author is very passionate about magic and so is our little protagonist of the book Heidi, it so happens that in their school, students are registering in different sports but Heidi is hesitant as she believes that she sucks in sports but as her principal and classmates motivates her to try out different sports, she does and fails miserably.

Finally adding a magical touch to her sports she becomes the most valuable player and finds the sports that meant for her.

I loved this book a lot because i am also into magic and this is a short book with lot of illustrations that makes it much more interesting and the way the book proceed is engrossing. I wish i got this book back in my childhood days never the less i have been reading this series now and highly recommend to read it.

Tags book review, Heidi Heckelbeck, heidi tries it out for the team, wanda coven

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