book reviews: all genres
Ink & Insights
My personal reading blog, where I linger over the books I’ve read, tracing their ideas through my reflections on the page.
Written by Medhansh Saha
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Playing With Death: Simon Scarrow
Playing with Death by Simon Scarrow, written with Lee Francis, is a gripping crime and technology thriller that explores the dangers of advanced virtual reality and artificial intelligence. Published in 2017, the novel combines mystery, suspense, and science fiction ideas to create a fast-paced story that keeps readers engaged. The story follows FBI Special Agent Rose Blake, who…
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Becoming an Effective Leader
Leadership is dynamic, and as time progresses, the very definition of leadership has evolved. The game changer has been the significant shift in mindset in the corporate sector. One might note, with a degree of restrained amusement, that what was once celebrated as decisiveness would now, in many settings, be politely reclassified as inflexibility. The…
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Eragon: By Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini’s Eragon feels, at first, like a familiar fantasy story: a poor farm boy, mysterious blue stone, evil king, dragons. But what makes the book memorable is not the plot skeleton; it is the strange amount of detail packed into Alagaësia that slowly makes the world feel lived in rather than invented overnight. One…
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Half Girlfriend: By Chetan Bhagat
There are many types of relationships. Like the 50 shades of grey, there are varying degrees with which girlfriends identify themselves and how their boyfriends classify them. Though to a baby boomer, the very thought of such a relationship is appalling and mind-boggling. Why would a completely happy man wish to constrain himself with pleasing…
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2 States, By Chetan Bhagat
The book 2 States is very obsessed with negotiation. Not the love between two people. Not marriage. Negotiation. The story of Krish and Ananya is often talked about as a fight between North India and South India. That sounds too simple. The real problem is smaller and more uncomfortable. Every big scene in the book…
