Genre : Fiction
Publisher : Frog Books
Book Length : 290
Price : Rs.97
Cover : The cover of the book has been designed in news print graphic along with the animated images of some of the most controversial and popular politicians of the present era,in Indian democracy.Some humourous quotes has been picked up from this mindbending piece of work and has been arranged randomly on the front cover,to portray an array of headlines.The title of the creation gets its place in bold uppercase fonts,on the top edge of the front cover,completely resembling to that of a newspaper.At the lower edge we find the name of the author in regular red fonts.The back cover primarily consists,the blurb of the creation along with the name of the publisher and price of the book.
Title : The title absolutely goes with the content of the book.At the very first glance, a reader may wonder why any budding author would choose such an off beat,out of the box title for his debut creation? This simple yet mindbending question must have fascinated every reader including me myself.It was an absolute provocative move on the part of the author that intrigued it's readers to peek into the pages of his creation.The book has a diverse flavour of fiction that will twist and crush your sense of reasoning and rational thinking and will compel you sink into illogical humour backed by politics and some real events from history.The book will blunt your senses and bestow you with the vision of the author who intended to convey the graveness of politics and war between two nations,in a very light and humourous way.
My Verdict : " The Bogus Read ", by Divyamaan Srivastava is enriched in its unique flavours of humour, sarcasm and politics.This book is something out of the box,for its a humourous fiction with the amalgamation of politics in it. I would personally like to tell every reader of this book to settle down and relax your senses before you start reading this book.This is absolutely essential because the upcoming events of this book could seriously make your whole world turn upside down,leaving you in a state of utter exuberance and irrationality.
There are two parallel plots of the book that switches alternately in consecutive chapters, thus keeping it's readers stick to the book, to find out the outcomes of both plots.This very concept warms up the brains of it's readers to keep right tracks of how the plots are moving ahead. Gradually and consciously the parallels merge and thus the creation keeps increasing its pace.The subplot centres around the lifestyle a group of friends who are spending high time of their independent lives,studying in an engineering institute.Suddenly, some trail of events starts occuring out of the blue that completely blows away the conventional mindset of the reader and contradicts rational thinking.Similarly,the major plot commences with the portrayal of a battlefield and further discussions amongst the generals, majors and higher authorities regarding the insurgencies, threatening a nation. The book is soaked in humour and sarcasm from the very beginning to the culmination.There is usage of 'Hindi jargons' at various places to add that 'typical Indian tinge' to the creation.The setting of the plot is purely Indian and is relatable by most other Indian youngsters of late 90's.The present political scenario both inside and outside India has been given a whole new overview through the insights of the author.The theme of warfare has been contorted by sarcasm into a whole new shape to criticize war as well as politics.Not even the so called "Great leaders" of India and Pakistan were excused or left without getting pierced by the reality checks of Divyamaan.
The reverse psychology used by Divyamaan to increase his count of readers was indeed an enigmatic move that worked out well for him.The graph of the creation completely resembles a sin curve with sinuisoidal crests and troughs,throughout the journey of the book.The creation is an irony over its length because, 'The Bogus Read' has upheld a situation and adapted it as a plot that in reality intervenes with grave incidents taking place out there, in present times. Overall the book was a daring attempt on the part of a debutant,with an unique overview of politics and it's varied aspects affecting a nation,in a hopelessly prosaic manner.
Ratings : 4* / 5*
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