Faiqa Farooqi

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There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility.” Wow. Stieg Larsson did it again. He took my breath away. Larsson's style of writing is unique. It is so very detailed and everything seems to be perfectly planned. The characters are diverse and interesting and I am not only talking about Lisbeth Salander, the novel's heroine, but about most side characters as well. This novel is full of nerve-wracking suspense and thrill, especially the beginning and the middle. However, I wanted the novel to end faster. For my taste the finale didn't have to be a hundred pages long. Still, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a more than worthy sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It has all the ingredients for a perfect mystery thriller "This book further intensify with Lisbeth background, upbringing, add more of suspense with each page. She is accused of murdering two writers and her guardian. A huge police hunt is underway and the lack of respect of the male police force is apparent. they assume that because she is a woman, with piercings, and has a history of being in a children’s ward and being prone to violence, that she killed them with no motive. Her fingerprints are found on the gun. The book sets up a hunt for her and only for her based on circumstantial evidence. There are several events that soon show that it wasn’t her but the police don’t want to believe it. Eventually, the lead on the investigation comes to realize that it isn’t her; a key journalist is her friend and knows that she didn’t kill them"

The Girl Who Played with Fire

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"What the point of having a voice of you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be" Every white person on this planet needs to Read this book. Yes i am serious more than usual. I truly don't feel like it has single flaw. If you're looking for a diverse read that stands out amongst most YA , THE HATE YOU GIVE is the book for you. This book opened my eyes. I don't want to say too much, but I love how popular this book is, being No. 1 on the NYT bestseller list. We need this, America needs this, YA fiction needs this. Angie Thomas gets so many things right, and so many readers can learn about black culture, cultural appropriation, covert and internalized racism and so much more through this. Apart from that, this book is simply good. It could be a biography, that's how realistic it feels. The characters have depth, the plot isn't overly dramatic but still exciting. And honestly, it's so so hilarious. Doesn't matter if the characters are joking about Voldemort or getting their butts whooped by their parents, it's laugh-out-loud material. The first few pages might be a little difficult to get through because it takes a while to get used to the writing and the slang, but keep going, it's worth it. I love Starr Carter so much. She's honestly such an inspiration to girls looking to find their voice. She is resilient, authentic, and everything we need in adolescents today. Although she is not completely fearless, she embraces the adversity in her way and stands against it. Every moment in this book just filled me with pride for this girl and it was a pleasure being able to watch her grow.

The Hate U Give

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Hold my hand was my first young adult romantic novel. It is a story of a awkward young man named deep. Who is send on an internship programme to the marvellous city of Hong Kong. It is when he is at his hotel that he meets the stunning gorgeous Ahana. Just as they began talking, deep realized Ahana is blind....!!! What i Liked About this book ->The Character Ahana is Refreshing -> Many Funny moments that makes you laugh ->Some places in Hong Kong ( WARNING : You may even fall in love with this city ) What I didnt liked about this book -> The characters are not deep enough. -> the first part ( the Nerd boy ) was so boring and i even thought to give up the book -> Just when the part two ( the Blind Girl ) got interesting , The Author Jumps to new part -> Badly written -> Characters like Aman And Manasi were given great importance at beginning but later on they don't have any role. I think it was waste to give them great importance at beginning As a whole , Hold my Hand is readable. There is nothing much, not so boring either . Rating : 3

Hold My Hand

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I’m not a fan of sci-fi, but I loved Dark Matter and am fascinated by issues involving memory. So this one was a no brainer to read. In 2007, Neuroscientist Helena Smith is devoting her life to creating a technology to preserve our memories. Meanwhile, folks in 2018 are suffering from False Memory Syndrome, an affliction in which a person literally has memories of living an entirely different life. Barry Sutton is a detective that attempts to save a woman from suicide when she is suffering from FMS. This is the book I choose to read "out of my comfort zone" . This is about suicide, a suicide epidemic that is sweeping out and causing people to end their life . I read this in one day..can u imagine...😁 I can honestly say as a genre out of my usual choice this could Sway me to another side !! It involves memory and memory loss too.... A detective whose trying to find out why ....

Recursion

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Khaled Hosseini's Sea Prayer isn't a book—it's a poem. But it's more than a poem—it is, in essence, a letter written from father to son, a prayer lifted up on the eve of a journey away from their war-torn country, a journey which could prove tremendously dangerous. In less than 50 pages, Hosseini's words and the beautiful illustrations break your heart. This was inspired by the story of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy believed to have drowned during his family's attempts to flee their country, but it could be anyone's story. The remembrances of better times, reflections of a country once utterly beautiful but now devastated by war and the resulting effects, words that a young boy might not understand now but might grow to appreciate later. I read this in just a few minutes and it punched a hole in my heart. We often don't take the time to think of what families must go through when they leave their homes which are welcoming no more. We don't think about their fears, their memories which make them reluctant to leave, the dangers they face along the way. Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns , will donate his proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe. Sea Prayer is short and powerful, and once it is read it will not cease to be felt or forgotten. Thank you, Khaled Hosseini, for reminding us of the emotional and physical costs of immigration.

Sea Prayer

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