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confuzzledreader's review against another edition
5.0
The book follows the journey of Ahi, an aspiring publisher who lands in a mysterious situation when her favourite author's autobiography lands on her table. To be honest I wasn't expecting this book to be a very good read but I guess I underestimated it. The plot was so intriguing that I had to finish it within a day.
Ahi, a bibliophile was the co founder of Ankur Publications. She loved reading books specially of author Devang Awasthi,who committed suicide years back. She was all happy and following her daily routine when one day Devang Awasthi's autobiography landed on her desk. She was on cloud 9 as the autobiography would help her little venture to get famous within a short span of time. But the problem in publishing it was that she had to get it signed by one of his family members to avoid any legal repercussion.
In order to complete the formalities to publish the manuscript, she landed in Delhi. As soon as she started reading the manuscript, she was so engrossed that she wanted to know the dark secrets of Awasthi. She was able to fulfill the publishing formalities but a greater shock awaited her. Somehow she was connected to Awasthi's story. Someone was stalking her and was hinting her towards something mysterious by sending her anonymous messages.Was it a trap for Ahi? Or there was something else to the story? Why only she recieved such popular author's autobiography?
" Time is not Hours, minutes or seconds as well; they are just units to measure the time. Time is the continuous psychological and physical change within us, inevitable and unstoppable. "
This book is a great read as only a few Indian authors are able to write such amazing thriller stories. I absolutely adore this one. The plot is amazing and the turns and twists will definitely keep you hooked to the book. I loved each and every character, specially Ahi specifically because she was a bibliophile like me :P.
The story is well paced with crisp narrative. The language used is easy and understandable. You won't feel bored while reading the book. It's definitely one of my favourite reads of 2018.
Definitely Recommended.
Ahi, a bibliophile was the co founder of Ankur Publications. She loved reading books specially of author Devang Awasthi,who committed suicide years back. She was all happy and following her daily routine when one day Devang Awasthi's autobiography landed on her desk. She was on cloud 9 as the autobiography would help her little venture to get famous within a short span of time. But the problem in publishing it was that she had to get it signed by one of his family members to avoid any legal repercussion.
In order to complete the formalities to publish the manuscript, she landed in Delhi. As soon as she started reading the manuscript, she was so engrossed that she wanted to know the dark secrets of Awasthi. She was able to fulfill the publishing formalities but a greater shock awaited her. Somehow she was connected to Awasthi's story. Someone was stalking her and was hinting her towards something mysterious by sending her anonymous messages.Was it a trap for Ahi? Or there was something else to the story? Why only she recieved such popular author's autobiography?
" Time is not Hours, minutes or seconds as well; they are just units to measure the time. Time is the continuous psychological and physical change within us, inevitable and unstoppable. "
This book is a great read as only a few Indian authors are able to write such amazing thriller stories. I absolutely adore this one. The plot is amazing and the turns and twists will definitely keep you hooked to the book. I loved each and every character, specially Ahi specifically because she was a bibliophile like me :P.
The story is well paced with crisp narrative. The language used is easy and understandable. You won't feel bored while reading the book. It's definitely one of my favourite reads of 2018.
Definitely Recommended.
jasleeen's review against another edition
3.0
The unfolding of events, the narration within a narration was well portrayed as these kind of situations leads to misleading directions. But it was well executed by the author. Extra points for that.
You can read the complete review here-
https://thesubtlebraiding.blogspot.com/2019/11/book-review-sin-is-new-love-by-abir.html
You can read the complete review here-
https://thesubtlebraiding.blogspot.com/2019/11/book-review-sin-is-new-love-by-abir.html
confuzzledreader's review against another edition
5.0
The book follows the journey of Ahi, an aspiring publisher who lands in a mysterious situation when her favourite author's autobiography lands on her table. To be honest I wasn't expecting this book to be a very good read but I guess I underestimated it. The plot was so intriguing that I had to finish it within a day.
Ahi, a bibliophile was the co founder of Ankur Publications. She loved reading books specially of author Devang Awasthi,who committed suicide years back. She was all happy and following her daily routine when one day Devang Awasthi's autobiography landed on her desk. She was on cloud 9 as the autobiography would help her little venture to get famous within a short span of time. But the problem in publishing it was that she had to get it signed by one of his family members to avoid any legal repercussion.
In order to complete the formalities to publish the manuscript, she landed in Delhi. As soon as she started reading the manuscript, she was so engrossed that she wanted to know the dark secrets of Awasthi. She was able to fulfill the publishing formalities but a greater shock awaited her. Somehow she was connected to Awasthi's story. Someone was stalking her and was hinting her towards something mysterious by sending her anonymous messages.Was it a trap for Ahi? Or there was something else to the story? Why only she recieved such popular author's autobiography?
" Time is not Hours, minutes or seconds as well; they are just units to measure the time. Time is the continuous psychological and physical change within us, inevitable and unstoppable. "
This book is a great read as only a few Indian authors are able to write such amazing thriller stories. I absolutely adore this one. The plot is amazing and the turns and twists will definitely keep you hooked to the book. I loved each and every character, specially Ahi specifically because she was a bibliophile like me :P.
The story is well paced with crisp narrative. The language used is easy and understandable. You won't feel bored while reading the book. It's definitely one of my favourite reads of 2018.
Definitely Recommended.
Ahi, a bibliophile was the co founder of Ankur Publications. She loved reading books specially of author Devang Awasthi,who committed suicide years back. She was all happy and following her daily routine when one day Devang Awasthi's autobiography landed on her desk. She was on cloud 9 as the autobiography would help her little venture to get famous within a short span of time. But the problem in publishing it was that she had to get it signed by one of his family members to avoid any legal repercussion.
In order to complete the formalities to publish the manuscript, she landed in Delhi. As soon as she started reading the manuscript, she was so engrossed that she wanted to know the dark secrets of Awasthi. She was able to fulfill the publishing formalities but a greater shock awaited her. Somehow she was connected to Awasthi's story. Someone was stalking her and was hinting her towards something mysterious by sending her anonymous messages.Was it a trap for Ahi? Or there was something else to the story? Why only she recieved such popular author's autobiography?
" Time is not Hours, minutes or seconds as well; they are just units to measure the time. Time is the continuous psychological and physical change within us, inevitable and unstoppable. "
This book is a great read as only a few Indian authors are able to write such amazing thriller stories. I absolutely adore this one. The plot is amazing and the turns and twists will definitely keep you hooked to the book. I loved each and every character, specially Ahi specifically because she was a bibliophile like me :P.
The story is well paced with crisp narrative. The language used is easy and understandable. You won't feel bored while reading the book. It's definitely one of my favourite reads of 2018.
Definitely Recommended.
rajnandaniwrapthefury's review
4.0
SIN IS THE NEW LOVE – BOOK REVIEW
Book – sin is the new love
Author – abir Mukherjee
Pages – 210 pages
Publishers – shristi publishers
Format – paperback (review copy by @da_bookish_guy and the author)
My views:
First of all, let’s talk about the title – SIN IS THE NEW LOVE. The title is quite appealing and focuses or diverts your mind towards a love story but again ‘Appearances can be deceptive.’ Same is the case with this book.
The cover of this book is with a backdrop of busy city with a lone silhouette of a girl standing amidst all the chaos of the city. This is an attractive one as it promises mystery in the story.
The plot of the story is quite a plot in itself. It is full of twists and turns. There is a story within a story, a script within a story. The script acts as the mystery element of the story. The introductory chapters are filled with enough information and stuffs that it fills up with a strange dread and curiosity to know more about the further actions. The starting is there to promise a lot of actions and a great amount of thrill in the upcoming pages.
The writing style is mystical and once the script starts, the words reach another level. The quality of writing is so much contrasting that one cannot believe it is by the same person and that makes this book a helluva lot realistic. Such terrific explanation of emotions and events, such intensity in the words that one may feel the pain and fear and horror in the words. It is enough to give goose bumps to anyone reading it.
Talking about the characters, the main focus was obviously on Ahi, our protagonist, but each and every character in the story has its own importance. I hadn’t read this type of thrilling book in a long time and the twists were unbelievable. The storyline had space for each and every character.
Although a few characters have been dropped mid-way the story by the author, maybe they will be a part of another book, if author decides to publish a sequel. Shamim is one such character whom I would have loved to be explored more. The end of the book is satisfactory and with a sudden twist which gives one feel that the story is yet to be wrapped about.
It seems there is more into the story than it seems. The story is unbelievable with so many twists and surprises. Secrets are spilled, the relations are questioned and there is still a script lurking out there in the story, yet to be published.
I cannot get over the two different writing style of the author. I just can’t stop marvelling over it, one such a jolly tone and one so much painful and realistic. The second one leaves profound impact upon the readers and arouses empathy for the character.
One thing that is the constant factor throughout the story is the sudden changes introduced by the author at the unexpected turns. You cannot predict the end of this book, ever. The end too promises and demands a second book. You cannot simply get over the book like this in just matter of minutes. The proper mixture of events, surprises, shocks, and characters will leave you astounded. The secret of Ahi will leave you amazed although it might be guessed by some readers.
The last page is what makes the need of the sequel a necessity for the closure of the story, so I’ll suggest you all to not to jump to last page and spoil the thrill and shock of the end.
P.S. This was a review copy sent to me by the author and @da_bookish_guy. All thoughts are honest and my own.
Book – sin is the new love
Author – abir Mukherjee
Pages – 210 pages
Publishers – shristi publishers
Format – paperback (review copy by @da_bookish_guy and the author)
My views:
First of all, let’s talk about the title – SIN IS THE NEW LOVE. The title is quite appealing and focuses or diverts your mind towards a love story but again ‘Appearances can be deceptive.’ Same is the case with this book.
The cover of this book is with a backdrop of busy city with a lone silhouette of a girl standing amidst all the chaos of the city. This is an attractive one as it promises mystery in the story.
The plot of the story is quite a plot in itself. It is full of twists and turns. There is a story within a story, a script within a story. The script acts as the mystery element of the story. The introductory chapters are filled with enough information and stuffs that it fills up with a strange dread and curiosity to know more about the further actions. The starting is there to promise a lot of actions and a great amount of thrill in the upcoming pages.
The writing style is mystical and once the script starts, the words reach another level. The quality of writing is so much contrasting that one cannot believe it is by the same person and that makes this book a helluva lot realistic. Such terrific explanation of emotions and events, such intensity in the words that one may feel the pain and fear and horror in the words. It is enough to give goose bumps to anyone reading it.
Talking about the characters, the main focus was obviously on Ahi, our protagonist, but each and every character in the story has its own importance. I hadn’t read this type of thrilling book in a long time and the twists were unbelievable. The storyline had space for each and every character.
Although a few characters have been dropped mid-way the story by the author, maybe they will be a part of another book, if author decides to publish a sequel. Shamim is one such character whom I would have loved to be explored more. The end of the book is satisfactory and with a sudden twist which gives one feel that the story is yet to be wrapped about.
It seems there is more into the story than it seems. The story is unbelievable with so many twists and surprises. Secrets are spilled, the relations are questioned and there is still a script lurking out there in the story, yet to be published.
I cannot get over the two different writing style of the author. I just can’t stop marvelling over it, one such a jolly tone and one so much painful and realistic. The second one leaves profound impact upon the readers and arouses empathy for the character.
One thing that is the constant factor throughout the story is the sudden changes introduced by the author at the unexpected turns. You cannot predict the end of this book, ever. The end too promises and demands a second book. You cannot simply get over the book like this in just matter of minutes. The proper mixture of events, surprises, shocks, and characters will leave you astounded. The secret of Ahi will leave you amazed although it might be guessed by some readers.
The last page is what makes the need of the sequel a necessity for the closure of the story, so I’ll suggest you all to not to jump to last page and spoil the thrill and shock of the end.
P.S. This was a review copy sent to me by the author and @da_bookish_guy. All thoughts are honest and my own.
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