Review: The Hidden Children: The Lost Grimoire

-
The Hidden Children: The Lost Grimoire The Hidden Children: The Lost Grimoire by Reshma K. Barshikar
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter opened up a new world to be explored. It is not that this genre was not written before but it broken new ground. Reshma’s brainchild “The Hidden Children” is a very good book in fantasy genre.

Jai and Nallini (shoudn’t it be Nalini? Never mind) wants to be extraordinary. Shayamukthy is just a wanderer. The story takes a turn when some strange things start happening around them. Will they be able to deal with it?

The fantasy genre is being explored in India right now. The main market is of romance and those writers are dime a dozen. Everyone is writing romance. This book is different and it takes a detour from that done to death genre. The teenage fantasy is light and free flowing. The language is first rate and interest is kept throughout.


Reshma has written fantasy in India. It is a good effort and should be appreciated and promoted. The book is a long read and thick. However, the pacing is such it doesn’t seem so. 3/ 5 stars.

 



View all my reviews

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Review of Ashadh Ka Ek Din by Mohan Rakesh

-
Image
Ashadh Ka Ek Din (Hindi: आषाढ़ का एक दिन , One Day in the season of rain) is a debut Hindi play by Mohan Rakesh in 1958. Since the month of Ashadh (beginning on 22 June and ending on 22 July) is usually the onset period of the monsoon in North India, the name can be understood to mean One day during the Monsoon. The title of the play derives from the opening line of the Sanskrit dramatist Kalidas's play Meghadūta (Sanskrit: मेघदूत literally "cloud (Megh) messenger (Doot)"). The play is divided into three acts. First Act: The love of poet Kalidas and Mallika is not approved by Mallika's mother, Ambika. At this time, Kalidas has composed his first long poem Ritusambar. He wins recognition in the court of Ujjaini and the king has sent his horsemen to bring him. Another villager by the name of Vilom (also interested in Mallika) says that if Kalidas leaves for Ujjaini, he must take Mallika along. Kalidas, however, does not wish to go from the mou...
Read more

Review of Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda

-
Image
“Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda” literally means “The seventh horse pulling the chariot of the sun.” It is one of the books of which I first saw the movie and then read the book. Movie by Shyam Benegal is brilliant so is Manik Mulla played by Rajat Kapoor. Usually in case of movie adaptations of literature movie is disappointing. But in this rare case both are brilliant. The novel is in narration style where Manik Mulla (name is very suggestive Hindu and Muslim both) tells story of failed romance of three women, to his friends on seven lazy summer afternoons. There are three heroines Jamuna (a simple middle class homely girl), Leela or Lily (the intellectual, independent, strong, feminist) and Satti (a feisty lower class woman). All three were in love with Manik Mulla at different points of time. Jamuna couldn’t marry her lover Tanna, because he is a coward and subsequently married off to an old man who dies. Widow Jamuna finds solace and happiness in extramarital r...
Read more

Review: Dus June ki Raat

-
Image
Dus June ki Raat by Santosh Pathak My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is one fast paced novel by Santosh Pathak. The protagonist is Vishal Saxena who is called Panauti i.e. bad luck by his friends. wherever he goes bad luck follows. But he has a sharp detective mind which is like Sherlock Holmes. The story starts with a simple road accident which turns into a tale of political and police corruption and drugs. He is very honest and doesn't back down even with the threat to his and his GF life. I saw glimpses of SMP in Santosh Pathak. Please read. View all my reviews
Read more