Category Archives: Book review

This is yet another great book from one of my favorite writers of all time: Aravind Adiga. If you remember correctly, I had reviewed his first book on this blog: “The white tiger”, which I absolutely loved. Last man in Tower is his second book, and although it did not captivate me as much asContinue reading “/6 Last Man in Tower.”

1984 Gorge Orwell  1949 Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1984 is a dystopian fiction form probably one of my favorite writers, Gorge Orwell. The story behind the book is of particular interest to me. As you can see, the book was originally written in 1949, Orwell tried to foresee the future, how would the world be like inContinue reading “/5 1984.”

Note: I wrote this I guess at the beginning of 2019 lol, and haven’t edited it. A brave new world. Aldous Huxley 1932 A brave new world is a dystopian fiction by English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. Dystopian fiction is a category in fiction which depicts a bleak future. A future where things goContinue reading “/4 A brave new world.”

To Kill a Mockingbird. Written by Harper Lee and the winner of Pulitzer Prize. To kill a mocking bird is a story about a young girl’s experience of the world. The book portrays the world as seen by the innocent minds of Scout and her elder brother Jem. A world of hatred, hypocrisy and inequality.Continue reading “/3 To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Kafka on the shore.  I killed my own father and slept with my mother and sister.  Kafka on the shore is a book, that I could probably never describe… because I don’t understand it myself. It’s a novel by the Japanese novelist, Hakuri Murakami.  This book is strange, it’s weird yet utterly fascinating. Someone onContinue reading “/2 Kafka on the shore.”

Some books, you read for fun. Others, you read because you have to. And then there are some that change you as a person. This is one of those books. I don’t usually write book reviews. Mainly because they turn out to be long and take a lot of thinking. It’s serious effort. But somethingContinue reading “/1 The white tiger.”