Book review - Breach

Breach by Amrita Chowdhury
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Just finished reading the eminently readable ‘Breach’ authored by Amrita Chowdhury. Loved it! Though in retrospect I feel that a little tighter proof reading would have made the book perfect.

It is a tale about how with increasing reliance on machines for developing, manufacturing and marketing lifesaving drugs, and the general trend towards outsourcing dehumanises the whole process of ‘life-saving’. How the noble thought of making drugs to rid the common man of diseases has become mercenary.

It is a tale beautifully woven across India, USA and China. It is very topical and the tight timeline that it has been knitted in, is thrilling, giving the reader an insight into the murky activity behind the scenes in the pharma industry and the thriving cyber piracy in existence.

It is about the Breach of trust, Breach of security leading to a Breach of faith.

And the bright part of this 335 page novel is the space for the protagonist’s love affairs that lightens the mood at times and adds tension at times.

Overall a must read novel for all. It explains the existence of generic and branded medicines and clears most of the doubts one would have had. It would also make one think twice before making that purchase or bank transaction online.

To know more about the book visit www.BREACH.co.in

To know more about the author visit www.amritachowdhury.com

The best thing would be to just go get the book and enjoy the unputdownable thriller!!


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Book review - Your dreams are mine now

I am aware that one should not judge a book by its cover but ‘Your dreams are mine now’ authored by Ravinder Singh is proof enough. It is published by Penguin and consists of 265 pages to be read. 

The first turn off is the cover of the book. I cannot understand why a ‘gora’ couple is portrayed on the cover when the contents of the book are all about ‘desi’ love and politics.

The first one thirds and the last one thirds of the book are interesting and the rest is just a ‘fill in’. The book and the plot reads like a compilation of newspaper clippings relating to the Nirbhaya case. Wonder if the author is a wannabe journalist turned author.

The story is about a girl from Patna who comes to the big bad city of Delhi and shares a room with an urban girl. That bit is quite nice wherein the author has not used clichéd characterisations of urban=clever and vernacular=stupid.

The characterisation of the student leader is typical and right enough he falls in the love with the smart dehati girl.

Individual characterisations are good but the plot as I mentioned earlier is too reminiscent about the recent Nirbhaya case.

I wish he had given names to the political parties and unions involved instead of saying ‘party in power’, ‘opposition party’ and so on which reads so like a newspaper article.

Overall, a book to read if you are bored to death doing nothing.