I had the pleasure of reading God is a Gamer by Ravi Subramanian.
Thank you Blogadda for sending me this book as a part of book review program..
The cover graphically asks a
question “Is Revenge a Crime?” Once you start reading the book, you discover only
crimes but no revenge. So is it deceiving?
Nope, hold your fire till you
reach the end of the book. It fires up slow with seemingly unconnected events
happening in distinct parts of the world. Every chapter adds layers to narrative,
slowly building up the tension and the mystery. Initially the plot takes time
to build up but during the second half the book you can’t put it down even if
you want to. And when you think it’s the end, wait for the last page. It will
twist everything once more! For a person like me with no knowledge of finance
it took time to be understood in the starting, in grasping the technical terms
related to banking; else it’s a smooth read moving through the ups and downs of
the corporate world.
Individuals and their private lives aren’t much communicated for the reader to connect to any person but portrayal is enough for the story to move quickly leaving the details to reader’s imagination.
Books seems to be a well-researched; relating to a few real life happenings too. It introduces the reader to fairly new concept of bitcoins. All the essential information is nicely incorporated through the discussions so the reader doesn’t feels confused or runs a Google search for each new term that comes up (though I still did to have a better understanding on the go).
Individuals and their private lives aren’t much communicated for the reader to connect to any person but portrayal is enough for the story to move quickly leaving the details to reader’s imagination.
Books seems to be a well-researched; relating to a few real life happenings too. It introduces the reader to fairly new concept of bitcoins. All the essential information is nicely incorporated through the discussions so the reader doesn’t feels confused or runs a Google search for each new term that comes up (though I still did to have a better understanding on the go).
It doesn’t create a world of
its own but holding the reader in reality, it demonstrates what all happens in
the world not-so-known. It perfectly blends up various colours of the corporate
world. Casual revelations about the personal lives of the characters amazes the
reader. It covers everything- love, lies, murders, cons, dishonour, schemes, corruptions,
theft and VENGEANCE! The book is, hence, a seamless blend of fact and fiction.
In a single line I would say: A brilliant read after a long time. A page turner.
In a single line I would say: A brilliant read after a long time. A page turner.
My rating : 4.5 out of 5
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I hope you can now guess who sent you those lovely books :) Not me surely :p
@Anonymous - Those books. oh my god. I tried tracing the sender from amazon. Please end the mystery. Tell me who you are.
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