Disha Dave

"Do you know how it is to be around you all the time ? - your moods, your energy? "- Jenny 🚶George by Kate Greathead is witty, engaging and portraying many in one.  🚶 This book tests my patience at another level. I think reading George is one type of self-loathing - it provokes different types of self-disappointment in yourself.  🚶 The book revolves around George's life - from childhood to around his 30s or 40s.  🚶 Each chapter has a different George featured in the plot - so you will realize that you didn't even know the character you're trying to connect. 🚶 George is one of those guys who are talented and has potential, but his indifference to himself and self-centered thinking lead to major and minor failures in his life.  🚶 Despite being talented, he never stuck up to any of his jobs, not even his girlfriend Jenny, whom he loved but never loved her !  🚶 His thinking, way of observing things, way of reacting to people will make you laugh and irritate him. 🚶 At the same time, you will feel a genuine fondness for him because, as a person, his intentions were not bad all the time.  🚶 Yes, you could call him a good son and shhitiest son at the same time, but another reason would be that he found out in his 30s that his uncle was his actual father cause lack in emotions 🚶 The scars, the subtle heartbreaks in his childhood made George so guarded and lack emotional intelligence.  🚶 His mother played a 90 % part in it, though I can't say that she was a bad mother, but she was not, certainly not good.  🚶 The only character with whom I fell in love with was Jenny. That woman was executed so precisely.  🚶 There are some moments when George strikes as a beautiful human being - like making a girl laugh, considering the feelings of his sister, trying and making efforts to consider other people's feelings. Feeling bad about lying to his high school teacher, which made him more human.  🚶 And if I am honest, there is a little part of George in every one of us - little, more, laid, hidden, open - but yes....  🚶 Worst of all - WE ALL ARE GEORGE, SOMEWAY !

🦅Cry of the Hornbill by Husna is a gripping, adventurous mix all in one plot ! 🦅 The cover was the reason that made me read this book - it's a simple picture if you see it, but when you keep looking at it, you will feel something eerily calm about it and that's how the book turns out to be. 🦅 The book revolves around the murder of well-known, fierce, honest, brave photo journalist Tanya Singh - who was helping Rohingya refugees and collaborated with UNHCR and worked with the India Times. John Angami - a police officer who has seen the darker demons in his life, has to face the worst demons of crime in this case. 🦅 The suspect list is long, but at the same time, you have no evidence that proves anything against any suspect. How will Anami catch the killer ? The book has a grip on suspense from the start, so it was an intense ride for me to explore. 🦅 I honestly didn't like Tanya's character much, apart from her courage and willingness to fight for what is right, being so selfless - I admired her for this. 🦅 At the same time, the love triangle was awkward, and I was not able to feel much chemistry between Tanya, Kabir and Aman. 🦅 Mohsina's story broke my heart and, at the same time, to realize that it's something based on true events made this story more gruesome. 🦅 Other than that, the writing creates an atmosphere according to the emotions that are wavering around the plot and each emotion is on point. 🦅 I was aware of author's writing as I had read privious book of her ! 🦅 I feel connected to the inspector Angami the most - I can relate to how we all seem to be fighting our own demons all the time. 🦅 I love how the author mixes thrillers, suspense, social message as well as some thought-provoking issues are addressed fiercely and courageously. 🦅 I love how Tanya's character was executed - an inspiration. 🦅 Overall, a haunting thriller carrying some dark secrets that are going to shake humanity.

" You never seen the bullet kills you " and that's how this book was - Your killer can be anyone and you will never know, the web of secrets, manipulated strategies ! This book literally took me more than 20 days to finish - Normally i would take around a week but the intensity and cruelty made me pause and think. The story revolves around Analise - A young Lebeness American CIA agent working undercover to catch The one and only terrorist Qassem who is tearing beirut apart. Analise being the perfect spy has the best plan - when you can't target the danger, target the near ones, Qaseem's grandson Rami is her new best friend now. Using him is unethical but at the same time it's her job ! While navigating through the plan of catching Qaseem - Her days in beirut are just like the bombs that are exploding in the streets of Beirut on different days - unpredictable, scary, intense and not trustworthy. When I learned about this book, The Thrilling rush to read a book that contains the intense energy of killing and spying attracted me into seconds - I thought it would be fun but it was a hell of a ride. The technicalities of agencies, The complications of peer pressure, The raw data, the code names, The duality of each character into the plot was a challenge for me to read i would be honest. I was torn between remembering the characters and the technicalities and information of the plot. Despite the people you're trusting and working your life with, can betray your trust in seconds. Also the rage, cruelty, inhumanity I had witnessed in this book was beyond my imagination. The writing was raw, and difficult to go ahead with, at the same time it was so intense and gripping that you can't put away. This is the first time I have seen a book that connects you on how the real world of spy works and that's how it works. But at the same time two things touch my heart - The Pure bond between Analise and rami , Corbin and Analise. Overall, A masterpiece i would say !

⛰️ KANCHHI by Weena Pun is a tale that will break your heart with its simplicity, intensity and intimacy of expressing. ⛰️ I am not much of a fan of japanese literature so I can say that this is the first one I read and I am so glad that this was the first ! ⛰️ With this cover, The combination of elegance and beauty i already love the book before I start reading. ⛰️ The book is set in the mountains of Nepal, Torikhola where Little Kanchhi is living with her mother Maiju and navigating her life between social normals and her urge to break them all. ⛰️ As this was set in a small village I already knew that it will be challenging for kanchhi to grow up being a girl who is living alone and doesn't have a family or father to protect. ⛰️ But Kanchhi being herself breake all the stereotypes and keeps questioning stupid rules of society with an attractive fierceness. ⛰️ "No matter How hard you try, They slip through the tracks " - Govind sir ( Kanchhi's teacher ) ⛰️ His character was the only decent character i found in the book. ⛰️ This book at some point of time breaks my heart and I regret reading because the way Kanchhi's story ended i found it depressing but at the same time I think it was her own stupidness and innocence. ⛰️ A village where education is not even considered a necessity, Maiju gives all her life while in Kanchhi. ⛰️ The part where kanchi gets her first period that particular paragraph was a mirror of society, the fact that a girl suffers with pain and society instead of helping her add more suffering to her end. - That particular paragraph was on point on making awareness. ⛰️ The book was divided into two parts - first kanchhi's journey and the second part a lonely Maiju waiting for her daughter to come back HOME ( will not spoil much ) ⛰️ The book shines for capturing the essence of reality of how society works. ⛰️ A rollercoaster love between mother and daughter ⛰️ An emotional end to a girl who never gives up on herself.

⏩ " A Convenience Store is a world of sound 🔊 " 🏪 Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata is a short, quick, crisp, amusing and dark read. 🏪 When I read the title & blurb I was honestly amused by both of them and curiosity got the best of me. 🏪 I would say I was around the 5th page of the first chapter when this made me stop functioning for almost 10 minutes with its opening of the plot. 🏪 The story revolves around a girl who considers a different human than others, she is someone who operates abnormally. 🏪 Because of her "diseases" she never gets experience of friends, socializing, having fun, falling in love, excelling at different jobs, success and so many more things. 🏪 So her part time job at a convenience store becomes her life and her home. 🏪 She worked there almost 18 years, her whole life revolves around the store and it's daily routine, even in her sleep she found comfort in her dreams of store. 🏪 Honestly, I was not hoping much when I started but this book took me by surprise. 🏪 If you look deeply, she was already falling in love with the store, the way she dreams about it, the way she takes care of everything, her utmost gentleness towards the store, away from the world. 🏪 At first i found her weird and psychopath like others but as the plot progressed I realised that she has difficulty understanding the norms of life, where she takes things more rationally and logically, and the fact is that her near ones never tried to make her understand that. 🏪 I would say she is better with the store than other humans she interacted with. 🏪 It's really okay to be different from the society that's what she taught me in this book. 🏪 The book is short but the impact and effects are longer and more engaging. 🏪 I know it sounds weird to even imagine that a simple convenience store can make such a great impact but it's the beauty of the plot. 🏪 Siraha's character was the real phsycopath here ! 🏪 I like her character & its execution because it has the weirdest complexities. 🏪 Overall, A unique one to try out !!!

" Only those who stumble a lot truly understand what it is to stay on your feet !" 🦢 My Heavenly Favourite by Lucas Rijneveld is a dark, disturbing book with the most poetic writing you will witness. 🦢 Sometimes some books evoke a deep turmoil of emotions within you that you found yourself disturbed but without any reason and this book was one of them. 🦢 I hardly heard anything about this book so it was a completely new experience for me and I have to say I will recommend this book to everyone for its writing but never recommend it to anyone for its plot and i know it sounds complicated. 🦢 The plot itself is complicated where a mid man around his 40s - a local veterinarian become obsessed with 14 year old farmer's daughter and the plot goes with the man's perspective throughout the book. 🦢 I was really disturbed because I was witnessing an ugly obsession through that man's eyes ! 🦢 It was ugly and haunting. 🦢 While this was one of the bigger expect of the book, the other good expect was it's writing. 🦢 It was was written with such a beautiful and posh writing, in such a poetic way that you can never pinpoint that it's his obsession, you will fall into his trap believing that it's "Love" 🦢 I found girl's character slightly weird but at the same time I was able to connect with her mental state. 🦢 There are so many things, little things, sub plots, sub layers are there which I can't even mention here because it will loss the beauty of the plot for the readers. 🦢 Yes, I will definitely not recommend this book to anyone if you can't handle dark books !

📖 Kairos by Jenney Erpenbeck translated by Micheal hofmann is a tale of complex love, heartache, insecurities, dark emotions and powerful outbursts. 📖 I have heard many talks about this book especially about its plot and writing so I was keen to explore this one. 📖 The plot revolves around a love tale between a young student girl and an old married man, met by chance on the same bus and something flipped and the unexplained desires birth through them and it starts with bang of emotions. 📖 Their love or attraction blossoms over time but after all, there are many hurdles in their way, when the young girl betrays him with another man or lover their story from being gentle and soothing turned into something ugly and dark. 📖 Honestly, the start of the book was quite interesting that creates a curiosity for me to go further and the first part of the book was phenomenal, those gentle yet overstepping subtle changes in their love, jealousy, insecurities shown in the deepest yet simple way . 📖 The second part seems but stretched to me as it's dragging unnecessarily without plot, it was boring yet interesting both for me to continue. 📖 However i found the writing a bit messy in between as well the sentences were too attached to each other to figure out which dialogue belongs to whom. 📖 But at the same time, i think this is really not about love, but a complex relationship living on each other trust which was betrayed anyway. 📖 Author did a commandable job on executing each emotions throughout the book of both main characters. 📖 The pause in between is so on point that you will able to understand the story better that way. 📖 It conjures up so many emotions into me while reading that i found myself taking break. 📖 Overall, it's one of those books that can create an emotional havoc in you !