sugandha's reviews
110 reviews

Rowling's description of the London setting is impeccable as usual.The reader can actually feel the spirit of the city.Unfortunately that is the only high point of the book.The story lacks purpose and direction.Rowling can do much better

Another fascinating story by Asimov.The plot may lack twists and turns but the author makes up for it by his brilliant characterization of the robots - Daniel and Giscard. Also,loved the concept of Zeroth Law of Robotics.

Wry humor at its best. Roald Dahl has this uncanny style of presenting the most gruesome subject in the classiest manner possible. “The visitor” and “Lamb to the slaughter” are my favorites.

The book should have been named “The lives and lies of the Mountbattens”.The author seems more fixated on Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten than the political events of the summer of 1947. Like most of the books of this genre, it is slow and dragging in the beginning but suddenly picks up pace during the last chapters. Tunzelmann has put in a great effort to bring out the complexity in the characters of Nehru and Gandhi though I felt Patel and Jinnah’s role was ignored. The book is filled with amusing trivia and anecdotes which makes it bearable during the lull phases.