Exploring the Bookish World

Kritika Sharma's book 'The Slut Chronicles: Betrayed'  is the first book of the trilogy. The book stresses on a very serious and sensitive issue. Women in our society are often victims of 'slut-shaming'. They are judged and are tagged as 'characterless' or termed as 'slut' by the judgemental and hypercritical society of ours. This book tells the story of a successful and famous woman, Ishana. We come to know about her past life. How she had been in love and was betrayed. People around her in the big bad world try to pull her down. She has been slut-shamed and what not. Ishana faced really tough situations in her life which helped her to emerge stronger out of it.  The story is so interesting that it kept me hooked to the book. It took me a few hours to complete reading this book. Every little incident is described very well in details. The characters are relatable as well. The narration is fast paced and the author has used simple la...

'Pralay' by Vineet Bajpai is the second book of the Harappa Trilogy . It is the sequel to the book 'Harappa-Curse of the Blood River' . The story starts at the exact point where Harappa ends. The amalgamation of two genres - Mythology with Thriller spices up the book. The book begins with a summary of the events that happened so far in the previous book. This makes it a lot easier for the readers to read and comprehend even if they have not read the first part of this trilogy. The plot is quite interesting. There is action, thrill, twists and mystery everywhere in the book. The book tells the tale of different places and of different times simultaneously. Each connected to the other. One in the past and the other in the present. The past is the story of Vivasvan Pujari and his son Manu. And Manu's journey to the Black Temple. Simultaneously, the present time witnesses the story of Vidyut, the last Devta. Situations arise which leads Vidyut to explore the pas...