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Faith and the Beloved
by Kochery C. Shibu
This is the second novel of the author Kochery C. Shibu. It is a precisely plotted crime thriller. The books discusses about family, betrayal, lust, and revenge.
Alice, Prem, Naithy, Tony – everyone with a grisly past and a motive to sustain their lives. Alice – a brilliant student and a cunning daughter who plays her dad to save her mom. Prem, the youngest in his family, a loving brother also master in martial arts. Both of them are the scattered pieces of the same jigsaw puzzle. Stuck in the labyrinth of life – how do they deal with their most feared nightmares in order to save their dear ones?
It is a story with a parallel plot and several characters – all of them connected to each other. It is a well-paced thriller. Author here takes ample time to describe every character. He has dedicated chapters to each one of the characters to describe their history and the how their childhood shaped up their future. This has made the backstory of all main protagonists believable and lead to a strong plot creation. He has also incorporated ISI and Mumbai terror attacks as well as LTTE into the story quite swiftly. This has somehow lead to an intriguing storyline and kept the story interesting.
Even with an interesting plot the story felt a little dragged. At certain points too much information in the novel that deviated from the story line or had a little use in the story. There were so many details that the story could have been made into a series. This would have helped grow a strong hold over the storytelling. It felt rushed and hurried to just end it. The book has not been edited properly as it has grammatical errors. The climax was a bit stereotypical and predictable. The name of the book could have been better as well.
Alice, Prem, Naithy, Tony – everyone with a grisly past and a motive to sustain their lives. Alice – a brilliant student and a cunning daughter who plays her dad to save her mom. Prem, the youngest in his family, a loving brother also master in martial arts. Both of them are the scattered pieces of the same jigsaw puzzle. Stuck in the labyrinth of life – how do they deal with their most feared nightmares in order to save their dear ones?
It is a story with a parallel plot and several characters – all of them connected to each other. It is a well-paced thriller. Author here takes ample time to describe every character. He has dedicated chapters to each one of the characters to describe their history and the how their childhood shaped up their future. This has made the backstory of all main protagonists believable and lead to a strong plot creation. He has also incorporated ISI and Mumbai terror attacks as well as LTTE into the story quite swiftly. This has somehow lead to an intriguing storyline and kept the story interesting.
Even with an interesting plot the story felt a little dragged. At certain points too much information in the novel that deviated from the story line or had a little use in the story. There were so many details that the story could have been made into a series. This would have helped grow a strong hold over the storytelling. It felt rushed and hurried to just end it. The book has not been edited properly as it has grammatical errors. The climax was a bit stereotypical and predictable. The name of the book could have been better as well.