Six Degrees - Game of blogs (Book Review)

Book details

Title – Game of Blogs

Genre – Fiction

Publisher – Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd.

No of pages – 422

Primary characters – Shekhar, Tara, Roohi, Cyrus, Jennifer & Aryan

Interesting fact – The whole book revolves around the same characters with a different story each unfolding the excitement and thrill.  

About the book –

First of all, congratulations to Blogadda and the team for their daredevil act and doing such unique experiment. I know bloggers must have enjoyed and felt privileged to become a part of such experiment. Certainly, the outcome turned out really well.

The novel is itself a unique production where Blogadda brought several bloggers together to write new blog post everyday that eventually becomes a story to tell. I enjoyed reading each story with its twists and turns and here I’ve reviewed each story elaborately. 

• The Awakening by Team By Lines

The plot

The story goes around six characters Tara, Shekhar, Roohi, Aryan, Cyrus, & Jennifer though they remain in all stories as primary characters. Shekhar, Tara, and Roohi live in a close-knit family. The arrival of Cyrus in the family and followed by a series of incidents turns their lives upside down.

Shekhar, a freelance writer and work-from-home dad shares a great fancy about aliens and so his best friend Jennifer. Unaware of the fact that their fancy soon going to be a reality when Cyrus makes shocking revelations about Shekhar’s wife Tara and many other facts such as when they encounter to real aliens.

Will the family remain unaffected with the test of time? Will Tara, Shekhar and Roohi be capable of changing the future of entire humanity?

What I liked?

As the name suggest the story certainly has an eco-friendly angle and social message to it and to know what it is you should read it. The story has an alien element to it where it elaborates our old fancy about aliens. Unfortunately, the story failed to hold the attention of me but yes, the attempt was good.

My Rating 

3/5

• Entangled lives by Team Potliwale Baba

The plot

It’s either murder or the ghost that stirs a human curiosity really well and the team Potiliwale Baba has certainly outsmarted by inserting a murder angle to the story. A small, happy family’s happiness goes out of the window when the strangers intrude in the house and the murder takes place. A family of Shekhar, Tara and Roohi spend their lives under the terror as the police keep interfering and interrogating each day.

The murder somehow leaves no traces behind only to baffle the police, challenge their interrogations, the family and the strangers Cyrus and Jennifer more.  

What I liked?

Like I said the characters remain same but with a different story and each with lots of twists and turns. Somehow the bloggers have also kept the main characters’ professions as same in all stories. Or maybe they were instructed.

Anyways, long story short I really liked Entangled Lives written by team Potliwale Baba. They have successed in order to keep the excitement and guessing game high leaving readers to guess the murderer. The murder mystery neatly weaved with a psychological angle making this story a truly intriguing psychological thriller.

I really liked the tragic end of the story though we Indians aren’t used to it but this story stands out. Entangled lives, the story deserves the praise.

My rating

4.5/5

• Missing a journey within by Team Tete-a-Ten

The plot

Being missing is a journey to find out what is missing in our life. The story touches many sensitive issues shedding a light on practical problems and promises to deliver more than expected.

The story starts when a 9-year-old girl Roohi goes missing from the school and her parents’ world shatters. They try to find her by taking the help of social media such as Facebook and friends & family. On the other hand, there is Cyrus who goes missing leaving behind harsh revelations only to discover more. During this entire period when Roohi’s parents try to find her, they get closer when the career and family responsibilities strain their relationship. In the hope of finding their daughter they explore more of the life. It is a story among stories as it talks about Cyrus and his relationship with his friend Fanus Mistry, Aryan’s relationship with Sneha and more.

Now its readers how to find out whether Roohi’s parents find her or not? Do they get to reunite with their daughter? Do Cyrus parents accept him after knowing him as a gay?

What I liked?

The story is a journey of hope & love, patience & understanding, ambitions & prejudices and a perfect summary of life. The story has justified each character well and brought many social topics in order to shed a light on their seriousness.

This literary piece certainly made a lot of efforts to talk about same sex relationships, connecting a story with a psychological disorder, rape and ragging and also discovering ambitions and facing the fears. The story is simple yet it compiles many issues in a story to bring the right impact and contributing its share to the society.

My rating

3.5/5

Writing style

All the bloggers have done a fantastic job by pouring their creative juices into it to bring something unique yet creative. The writing style in all the stories is simple and easy to understand. It was definitely a literary feast. 

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