Treasure in Words

Content & Analogies: 5/5 Pace & Length: 3/5 Overall Rating: 4/5 This is not a novel but a story of you; a story of who you actually are, and how to find yourself. If you've ever questioned 'who am I' or given a thought to 'Know thyself' - This is a must read as it will open perspectives you may have either never come across or never thought of. The book is not meant to be rushed through like a novel but to be savored slowly, digesting the concepts and perspectives presented to you. Although the book has a good number of analogies and great content, there are places you tend to fall asleep or lose a little interest for the repetitive nature of the concepts, making the pace of the book somewhat slow.  By the end of the book, you may be able to deal better with life, with yourself, with others around you, with the world, the sun, the moon, and the stars. Spiritual or not, this discourse will provide you with lots of concepts to think about along with p...

Rating:  4.5/5 It is a very beautiful, romantic, weekend read. I was totally immersed in Lea and Matt's love, as if I was with them and they were my friends. I loved the part how they got together that Christmas and then their conversations totally had me drawn to them, not letting me put down the book. Those couple of days' description in the book is awesome. Nowhere it seemed like written by a first-time author. I see a lot of potential here and hope to see many more such beautiful accounts coming out. If you liked my review and found it helpful, please click helpful on my Amazon Review Link:  https://www.amazon.in/gp/customer-reviews/R22T5IE2F55YDC?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp

Rating: 4/5 Short Review: An Eye-opener Detailed Review: Well, I really picked it up, thanks to a lightning deal, just to see what's the big hype about this book. What's so catchy other than the title that everyone is talking about it so much? And oh boy, I tell you - if you can endure the first 12 pages of it (which seem to be almost a blasphemy by a junkie, and I almost thought of leaving it twice), thereon it's just an uphill; it's an eye-opener. Although a bit lengthy for the content, it sites some very good examples, apart from the author's own messed up life, to open our eyes. The last chapter was intense, thoughtful and all those adjectives, but the real eye-opener which, for me, brought the book from 3 stars to 4 and a must read and totally worth it (of course other chapters were great too, but all those and this 1 put together was great)! Even if you don't feel like reading the whole book (for it is somewhat lengthy), do not miss the last cha...

Rating: 3/5 Short Review:  A nice read with a sleepy middle Detailed Review:  <No Spoilers> To start with, 3 stars mean 'I liked it' but not 'loved it'. This is due to the immense drag in the middle of the book. This must be the first Dan Brown book in which I literally fell asleep in between! I woke up after thirty-minutes only to realize I'd passed out reading a Dan Brown! I just couldn't believe it, but sadly that's what happened. The reason for sleep - I felt the author was literally trying to 'show' the reader each and every detail (Issue = Too much detail) of the art forms, the museum, and places involved (most of them I have personally visited.) The descriptions write-up is very apt and great and the places chosen are immensely interesting, but that's not what I picked up the book for -> That is the issue, a big one. The story in between just goes off track on the spiral staircases or Gaudi's out of the world archit...

Rating: 5/5 Carl Sagan has surpassed all my expectations with this book. In this book, he has given a beautiful, in-depth knowledge and description of our home, our world, and all our neighbors. But he did not stop there! Apart from vividly taking us through the whole Solar System, hopping from planet to planet, tip-toeing over their moons and the beautiful belts which some of the planets wear, he goes on to explain our minuteness and insignificance, occupying not even a microscopic fraction of our Galaxy (leave aside the whole universe), and oh, how so badly we want this whole universe to revolve around us! I was just swept off my feet when I read: You spend even a little time contemplating the Earth from orbit and the most deeply engrained nationalisms begin to erode. He goes on to tell how we, the insignificant little toddlers, have just managed to hatch out of our little, blue, world floating in the immense expanse and darkness of the universe and already have started thinking o...

Rating: 4/5 If you look up at the stars and wonder about the universe, this book is for you. It doesn't have all the answers to your questions, what it has is - logical reasoning, analysis of data available from 13.8 billion years, deductions, and inferences. It helps one see the Cosmos in the light of the best minds that have dawned upon this little rock, the planet earth, wandering in the huge creation. It deals quite well with the question of life elsewhere in the universe, the extra-terrestrial, and the civilizations that have been on earth and are yet to come. I find that if you have some knowledge of physics, this book would be more helpful. It does deal with many important questions very well, but at times, the explanations are somewhat stretched (although these may be helpful for people with less understanding of physics). Towards the end, there are some, estimates and calculations done with some assumed figures for which I did not find a much suitable explanation (for a...

Rating: 3/5 No, no, no! Did not like it. I've read quite a few of these short stories from Jeffery, but this one did not end well. The 3 stars are for the superb delivery and build-up. Reading this is just like watching a trailer of the first episode of a TV series. It's really gripping, one of the most out of all, and it went very well until it ended. Amazon Review Link:  https://www.amazon.in/gp/customer-reviews/R2WBLUZ66UDFAF?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp

Rating: 4/5 A nice little mystery story that'll keep you hooked till the end. Nothing great about it, but a nice read while waiting in a queue, or if you're in a habit of reading just before you sleep and today you feel like reading a complete story for a change, rather than your ongoing novel. Amazon Review Link:   https://www.amazon.in/gp/customer-reviews/R3SNV4Y0JI6PWF?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp

Rating: 3/5 Short Review: Somewhat overrated Detailed Review: Well, I've read quite a few of Agatha's books and am sure a fan of Poirot, but this wasn't the best I've read from her. It would be a lie if I say I did not enjoy reading it at all, I did, even if I guessed a 'big picture' way back in the initial stages (due to a dialogue) and sadly which came out to be how it was in the end. Anyhow, guessing it early is not really that big a disappointment. What did I like? The Plot - Stuck in snow, in the middle of nowhere, on a train - A Murder Mystery. Sounds like a perfect winter read, wrapped in a quilt with a cup of hot green tea on the side table at one on a dark night. What I didn't? [In ascending order (Least to most important) of the issues I had with the book] 1) I guessed it pretty early and it turned out that way. 2) Usage of French - No offense to the Language or the people. I would love to learn French, but as of now, I really don't kno...