divyatejas_venkatesh's reviews
55 reviews

Revolution Twenty 20: Love. Corruption. Ambition by Chetan Bhagat

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I loved it. No sign of slowing down. It starts going and keeps going on and on. You have the choice to decide on the lesson of this story. I loved Gopal character and it is amazing how a situations change people and though they change there will be remanants of the part before the change will be there, and sometimes you have to embrace that too to have a good life. I could not stop reading. It is a good book to start with after the reading slump. My last book took me around two weeks to complete 500 pages, but i completed this book in two days or around 48 hours since I picked though this is around 300 pages.  Overall the book is so interesting, to keep it down. 

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Nice and interesting, with a lot of scientific explanations and miltary explanations. But the book was a predictable for thriller where they omit the important thing and let us see how it plays out, I would have been happier if they have not given a hint about the surprise, but for a book this old this is acceptable. The descriptions were good and sometimes it felt unnecessary for some characters who was not playing a big role. The ending was not so great because the ending was expected how it is gonna roll out, but that is to be expected when you read about a military missions. I will for sure recommend this for someone because till the last I was not able to predict what was gonna happen.

50 Witch Stories by Robert E. Weinberg, Simon McCaffery, Terry Campbell, Lawrence Shimel, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Joe R. Lansdale, Juleen Brantingham, Martin H. Greenberg

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.0

Do not buy this book. I bought this book before 6 years. I don't think it is worth buying this book. There where 50 stories in the book. I could read only 6 stories fully. Other stories I can't read past 1-2 pages. So I skipped most stories. 

2 States: The Story Of My Marriage by Chetan Bhagat

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

mozzarella

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism

Wings of Fire: An Autobiography by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

This is my first non fiction book. It is the hardest book I have read. It is not so interesting and also it is like minutes of meeting plus some motivating poems. If you wanna know what Abdul Kalam did during his time on ISRO and DRDO it is worth the time.

Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

It was amazing and so emotional. It was a amazing experience to see the different political decisions and societies behaviour. There is no other better way to summarize what happened in forty years and also to give the view of different people in different positions. Unlike the two previous books it had no sign of slowing it kept moving on and on and on. It is very emotional when I neared the end of the book after seeing how three generations of five families lived, and there is no continuation. Also the characters of the Fall of Giants are dying on by one. I am not a crying type(only teary eyed) for emotional scenes in the book but this trilogy made me cry  after completing as I know that it the show ends here. I don't know how many more days I am going to be dreaming about these things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, War

Minor: Child abuse, Rape

Dharmayoddha Kalki: Avatar Of Vishnu by Kevin Missal

5.0

Good to see another historical fiction in Indian setting . It was nice and this is the book that got me into reading after a long gap of around 5 years I read it in just a weak and I got crazy about books and started to saw book reviews for what other books can I read and I ended up with Youtube recommendation full of book reviews after 2-3 days. Really fast paced it brings out all the different kinds of emotions

Suheldev & the Battle of Bahraich (Indic Chronicles #1) by Vikas Singh, Amish

4.0

First book from Amish's Centre and it is good. Was sad that the book is small and wanted to read slowly but the storylines and story writing makes us charge forward as fast as possible to know what the hell happens next(if you do not know the history about Suheldev much). The plot confuses well and keeps you thinking what will happen. There is a really good twist you know it will come from the nearly quarter of the book but u will be anticipating when will it be coming. This books makes you rethink about the approach you take during the desperate situations.

Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at Iit by Chetan Bhagat

5.0

for sure this is the book three idiots and nanban came from and he didnt get the credit

Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta by Amish

5.0

This is the depiction of other side of ramayana which is not narrated much by anyone or praised by anyone but so far this is the best book in the series