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Review of 'The Purple Moon' by Neelam Saxena Chandra

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About Author: Neelam Saxena Chandra is an engineer by profession and works with Indian Railways. She has two novels, one novella, three poetry books and three children’s story books to her credit, besides more than six hundred published stories/poems. Neelam has been awarded for her works by Gulzarji in a Poetry Contest organized by American Society, by Children Book Trust in 2009, and by Ministry of Railways (Premchand Purashkar). She is the lyricist for the song which won the Popular Choice Award in Folk Fusion category in Radio City Freedom Award. She was also short-listed in Forbes’ list of 100 person for their contribution in Literature. . Writing Style : 5/5 The Purple Moon by Neelam Saxena Chandra is an oasis for poetry lovers. Market is flooded with so called true poetry polluting the delicate yet affective genre of Poetry. When this collection of 100 poems came to me, the name associated with it, gave me kind of solace that I would be investing my tim...

Review of The Symbol by Varun Gautam

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About Author: Varun Gautam, engineer by profession and writer by passion. ‘The Symbol’ is his debut work. His aim is to bring change in the mind set of people through his works. Writing Style: 3/5. The trend was started by CB and continued with many engineers. Writing about their experiences in IITs and IIMs or else any common engineering college. Market is flooding with these kind of works and it’s rare to find something unusual to read. By God's grace there are some writers who are differentand this work and writer is one of them. Few days back, I got work ‘The Symbol’ by Varun Gautam for review. Cover page of the novel gave me ‘Dan Brown feeling’ with symbols, numeric dancing here and there, with hooded person and fire element. I must say cover page of the novel is quite attractive. However, Blurb of the novel says a story, totally different from cover page. It reads story of a boy whose passion of clearing exam for admission in IMS is scattered and ...

Review of The Dark Romance by Ankit Gusain

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About Author:   Ankit Gusain, engineer by profession and writer by passion. The Dark Romance is debut novel of Ankit Gusain.  Writing Style: 3.5/5. As a reader and reviewer I never prefer to review romantic novels of contemporary era, which known as popular fiction. The pointless scenes of intimacy and numerous break ups, without any sign of true love. These novel never evoke any emotional attachment for any character. Recently, I came across a novel named ‘The Dark Romance’ by Ankit Gusain. The title itself seemed quite catchy and cover page of the book is also quite attractive. The title indicated that it is a romantic novel, so I was bit confused about reviewing it. A last, I decided to review it and I must say that my decision was a good one. At the beginning I found it similar to other romantic works, but as the work progressed I was totally engrossed in the work. The concept presented through love story is quite awesome. The concept of figh...