Madhur Srivastava
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Novels
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
There are a very few novels that provide a woman's prespective of historical events or a story. Generally, the novels are male centric or multicharacter in nature. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni novels provide fresh and new prespective from a woman's eye and are women centric. But the most refreshing part of the novels is the focus on topics related to India. Whether it is the historical characters of Draupadi from the epic of Mahabharata (The Palace of Illusions) or Rani Jind Kaur of the Kingdom of Punjab (The Last Queen), to the the story of three aspirational sisters set during the time of India's Independence (Independence), the novels clearly mixes fiction with the true historical events. It makes the story seem real.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Imagine if you can visit a time in past or future for a few minutes. What would you do or whom you want to meet? This a plot of the "Before the Coffee Gets Cold" series books, where people travel through time. But there are several catches, primary among them is that no matter what the present will not change. This may be a damp squid for many people, but Toshikazu peels throught human emotions and find several scenarios where people want to travel to past. More intriguing is why some people want to travel to the future. While each book caters to four stories, each story has a very vulnerable and personal reason for time travel; even if it is allowed only once. Each story has its depth that is very relatable. After all, regrets form a good chunk of our lives. One thing to despair about the travel is that you can do it only once. So, make the best of it!
Fifty Shades
Not every novel captures your mind, or get attention, at an instant. Fifty Shades series is a definite page turner. The key to the novel is not the story, or the sex, which is predictable, bu the way the every scene in the story is conducted. You know what is going to happen, but how. And books don't disappoint. In a rhythmic flow of cheesy drama, somewhere you get lost in the script, until you realize that the book has ended.
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