Book Review: The Darkest Summer By Ella Drummond

Weekend without Thriller is like Tea without Milk

The story written is inspired from real life incident of loosing a teenage friend who dissapeared from the author's life one summer . Though the story is nothing close to the real incident as the author ended in meeting her friend years later.

Expected Publication of this book is 18th July 2019.

When the first few pages bangs you with interest you know what's lying ahead. The book surely made me stick till the end especially to know what happened to the character Dee . 

Dee? I called spotting movement behind the largest hydrangea. A slim figure with dark ,bobbed hair stepped forward. She looked timid and nothing like the Dee I remembered. You are all grown up,I laughed desperately to hide my shock at her tense sullen appearance. I hurried over to her.

The story line:

Dee and Sera were two best of friends .They shared their childhood together, but suddenly Dee and her family which included her brother Leo disappeared one summer without giving anyone any clue.
Years after Sera who is an adult now and have a daughter Katie 5 years old., shifts to her old home to live with her mom. Her husband die due to an accident. Little did she imagine that her stay would dig up some mystery about herself and her long lost friend Dee.

With added mystery man Henri in Sera's life, the new neighbour, it made the story more unpredictable.
Easy English for thriller lovers to begin with.I totally kept reading and reading just to know about Dee's daughter Ashley's peculiar behaviour and also a connection between Hazel and Mimi.
Did the book satisfy my thriller craving ?I would say yes somewhat .

I received the ARC of the #TheDarkestSummer written by #Ella Drummond from #netgalley

The Dark Side Of The Moon: Volume 2 -Shubham Arora

As much as I have enjoyed reading Volume 1 of the  Dark side of the moon, I enjoyed reading this too. But if you ask me which one I loved the most in terms of  horror, I would definitely pick the Volume 1.  In this second volume , the author  choose three different stories to spook out the readers. The creepy concept made the book entertaining.

The three stories includes

• December

• The dark side of the moon

• Seventy Metres.

In the spooky tales - December, on a chilly stormy night in Mussorie, a female police inspector gets a call from a women. When she reach the spot she discover an abandoned house where a women lying in a room soaked in blood. On the way to the hospital with the victim , the inspector  gets  a de ja vu of the dying women. Or was paranormal activity. The narration of this story was griping till the end.


The second story -The Dark side of the moon- Talks about the other side of the moon?  Two Astronaut were send to the moon ,the other side, when their rocket crashed.  What happens to them as they waited  for rescue.

The third and the last one Seventy Metre didn't interest me much. It left me with series of questions.
A women commits suicide as she feels  that their love have withered away with time. The promise of being with each other  faded with passing days. With her committing suicide will she leave her husband behind?


A perfect set of short stories to spook you out on a stormy monsoon night.
Ratings: 4/5

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I Didn't expect to be expecting By Richa Mukherjee

 Listen my neighbours also never  wanted to have kids and today the wife was crying saying they want children ,but her husband's potli has stopped working.

What do you mean stopped working ? it's not a tap! I quipped.

Disclaimer: This book is strictly for newly married couples or couples with the question" to be or not to be"   ( parents). Any one reading without prior experience about " Married life and the surrounding people" might not able to relate with real life situation.

Tara and Abhi  was having  the best moments of their life. Perfect friend circle, foreign vacation ,weekend parties and little bit of gyaan about having a baby and biological clock ticking from here and there which they happily ignored. Life was smooth  until they went for vacation in Italy and Tara  became pregnant. The story then takes on a hilarious turns on Tara's pregnancy and the surrounding people which includes her maid, parents, In-law, doctor and henceforth.

My view : 

The story is from Tara's point of view. The narration was hilarious. with Bengali expressions.

There were few points in the book which I feel  is relatable, which includes people constantly pushing you off the edge to think about baby,or  pregnancy myth which  people pass  on to generations.

The hideous hormonal mood swings  -The overwhelming feeling which one might get looking at food

and the doctor and checkups and lastly the entire labour room and holding the baby for the first time  is something to Awww about!

RATING :4/5

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Book Review:The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Silent Patient 

..And so it went on, endless  speculation- no answer , only more  questions-about Alicia's motives and her subsequent silence . Why did she refuse to speak? What did it mean? Was she hiding something ? Protecting someone? if so who? And Why?

Alicia, 33 years old, married for 7 years was held captive for murdering her husband Gabriel , who was a fashion photographer in demand.

Alicia herself was a well known painter and together they had a perfect married life with success and comfort.  But one fine day Alicia shoots her husband on his face and remained silent for years  refusing her guilt or confessing it.  Her silence turned into story. The only statement she made was " The painting" The title was " Alcestis". The entire London was curious to know what has happened and why she is silent for years. She was finally made to stay in a forsenic Unit Grove under extreme supervision. Theo Faber a forensic psycho therapist  was fascinated by the mystery of Alicia and her enduring silence.He wanted to help her ,heal her and get her well and therefore took the case.

My thoughts:

 The hype for this book is 100% real, and people buying it  wont regret !

This psychological suspense thriller was recommended bytheguywiththebook and finally when I am done reading this novel my brain is whip lashed with its twists. 

Beautifully build up plot and well narrated in first person.

 Extreme research on criminal mind will hypnotise your brain into the reading.

 From the very first page you will be drowned into it,as it is written in very simple English.

The story takes you into details of the characters life. Also the diary pages written by Alicia ,was quiet interesting to know if she had any conflict with her husband or even childhood trauma

The ending startled me. Well entertaining and well satisfying .

I think everyone should read this book and not miss it.

Rating 5/5

Are you planning to read this anytime soon? Or adding in your TBR?

Book Review :My Lovely Wife: Samantha Downing

Blurb: Millicent and her husband is married for 15 years with 2 children.  They are just like other families whom you see next door. A hardworking mother ,who knows how to take responsibility and maintain a decorum at home and among their children.Her husband a tennis players, loves her gorgeous wife and supports her  in every high and low. He is also very serious about his kids. But the secret in their much loving marriage is  ,they kill women for fun, and no one gets to know. There killing started affecting their children's mental and physical health and they decide to change their plan. But the twist takes an unbelievable turn.

Some are born psychopath . And how far a couple can go to impress each other is all what you will get here in My Lovely Wife.

My views:

I am thankful that this thriller has some meaningful ending and dint leave reader hanging with questions. Half of the book i read these days have ending which makes you throw the book after investing so much time on it.

 The beginning of the book though slow, but still unputdownable. At times the author did make it monotonous with unwanted  information. By the end you will be flying through the pages.

What thrilled me was how a couple picked women and killed them, just to keep their marriage more fun or rather Sex more wild.

What still confused me was the motives behind the entire thing. It was unclear.

The entire story is from a man's point of view, so we don't know much about the wife.

Finally I would recommend thriller lover to go for this book as your Monsoon TBR.

Rating. 4/5

Bookreview :Circus Folks And Village Freaks by Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal

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Author: Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal

Publisher Vishwakarma Publications

Genre: Poetry

Pages: 152  (hardcover)

 

Not all tales are grand or legendary

Some are so wretched they make you wary

Of humanity and it's very grain,

so, listen and learn from this tale of pain"

   

Circus Folk and Village freaks is not just some regular poems, but a show case of  painstaking tales of individuals who joins  circus and dedicate their life in entertaining audiences. The author  has written about " not much talk" about topics like  hirsutism, mental illness, sexual problem, superstition and henceforth in form of 18 narrative poems which  are inter connected  to each other. Few of the poems were so oddly creepy and it will  make you think about the society.The book  focuses on how and why the village individuals took shelter in the circus. Every individual small or big  has their own personality and they are dedicated in their job. Strong use of vocabulary  made each character stand out among the rest. But it can be tough at  times.The book contains beautiful art work making it easier for the reader to understand.It  is totally an unique book of  queer tales and  recommended for poem lovers.