Holding the book in hand is
not a feel good factor. Publisher didn’t bother to give any justice to the look
and feel of the book. Cover design doesn’t speak anything and fail to grab
attention. It looks like a self sponsored book where publishers are least
interested in investing in cover design and good quality of papers etc.
Reading the synopsis mentioned
on the back cover could have been illustrated better. It is more of introduction
of the characters and doesn't really create any zest.
The book talks about a
serious issue – Jihad. I liked the author’s guts to start his writing journey
with a sensitive topic. Was it a card played to get sure success or was it done
with some other intentions?
Any book talking about Jihad
can’t be covering a lot in 166 pages (including title page, dedication page
etc.) – A thought of anyone who picks up a book with getting some insights of
something.
I will not refrain to appreciate
the author for collecting a lot of information and knowledge about this topic.
At certain places, the book really talks what it is about. The author managed
to maintain a good tone. As the story is narrated, it also talks about 26/11
attacks in Mumbai, story hovers around a lot. If I could sense it right, author
wanted to speak about the lot of things, if that was the case, why he didn't think
of increasing the word count to give justice to the book?
The book is priced at Rs. 150
which is not complimented with the quality provided by the publisher. The
author and the publisher should consider reprinting the book with a better
cover design and quality of paper, with this quality I really doubt if the
author will get noticed in the market.
The author proved with his
work that his writing and thinking style is different and we can expect to read
better novels in the future.
This book will attract only
the readers interested in reading political controversies and riots. The
story line is not mass appealing.
Overall I liked the book and
if it was not for the poor quality of cover design and paper quality, the book
could have picked up the market. With what I have in hand, it will not give
anything to the author at least.
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