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Review: The Sherlockian

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The Sherlockian by Graham Moore My rating: 0 of 5 stars The problem is the book is that it is directionless. I read it (rather labored through it) and couldn’t understand the point of it all. There are two timelines, which is a drag style in itself. One is in ACD times where he is after a serial killer and Bram Stoker helps ACD. This track is confusing and protracted. The second one is contemporary where avid Sherlock fans known as Sherlockians gather and one of them is killed. A imbecile type fan Harold along with Sarah, a mysterious reporter is hunting for killer. ACD grandson Sebastian Conan Doyle ask Harold to find the diary, which was supposed to be with the victim, for a fee of course. Harold is least likable character. This whole track is a big bore and directionless. The plot is weak and the diary is weakest McGuffin (an object or device in a film or a book which serves merely as a trigger for the plot) ever. What was the great mystery of dia

Review: The Sherlockian

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The Sherlockian by Graham Moore My rating: 0 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Heroine ki Hatya

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Heroine ki Hatya by Anand K Singh My rating: 2 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: There Will Be No Love: A collection of short stories

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There Will Be No Love: A collection of short stories by Ajeet Bharti My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a mixed bag like his Hindi book "Bakar Puran" which I liked in parts. Some stories are good some bad and some plain boring. I liked "That wasn't consent". It is a strong critique of leftist people in JNU type universities and journalistic and liberal circle. Anas Mahmood is a leach who abused Shalini. This talks of #metoo and sexual abuse. However I think the author is highly biased against the left people. In Bollywood, corporates and politics where sexual exploitations and favors are rampant, most sexual predators are capitalists. Still it was good story. The last story "The process" was boring and prosaic and it was a long winded. I couldn't understand what Ajeet bhai was trying to say. Some stories were set in villages and talked of caste exploitations. In these the view point of author seems contradictory. So

Review: There Will Be No Love: A collection of short stories

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There Will Be No Love: A collection of short stories by Ajeet Bharti My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: मेरी प्रिय कहानियाँ

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मेरी प्रिय कहानियाँ by यशपाल My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: नवाबी मसनद

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नवाबी मसनद by Amritlal Nagar My rating: 2 of 5 stars View all my reviews