Title – The Watchmaker and Time
Author – Devang Kanavia
Genre – Fiction
Publisher – Embassy Books
No of pages – 115
The book is
available at Amazon
The Blurb
Pedro’s
love for watches was born out of a strange incident in his childhood. Over the
years he has become one of the most renowned watch designers in the world also
holding the title, ‘the Maestro of Time’. One fine day, he gets challenged by
his granddaughter on the fundamentals of Time. Unable to answer her innocent
questions, he realizes that all his life he had been creating watches but had
failed to understand what Time was all about. He gets on to an interesting
journey in search of answers. The journey unfolds with the puzzles of his past
guiding him ahead as one after the other his beliefs start getting shattered.
Will the puzzles of his past ever let him get to the future? Will he ever find
out the true essence of Time? Join this watchmaker in his enriching and
thought-provoking journey in search of time.
Book Review
There are
lots of mysteries in this world and the mystery about time is the theme of this
book. Although I would have loved to get entangled in the web of mysteries this
one I have surely not enjoyed.
The story
is about an old watchmaker named Pedro. Since childhood, he was very much
fascinated about watches which soon became his profession. He was famous in his
city for his exquisite watches and his business has been flourishing ever since
he has started. However, he has been seeking answers about the eternity watch
which was given to him by the old man whom he met in Stonehenge. He has made so
many watches in his life but he is unable to solve the mystery of this eternity
watch. He tried to reopen and study the mechanism of the watch but all his
efforts were vain.
He couldn’t
get directions and he soon started feeling helpless. He thought that he would
never solve the mystery of endlessly ticking of the eternity watch. But his
granddaughter kept him asking questions that gave him a direction. It gave him
zest to find the truth behind his mysterious dreams, about the old man and the
watch.
The story
keeps revolves around the eternity watch. The story’s beginning and an end also
were as eternal as the watch. Even though the concept was intriguing but it
failed to capture my attention. I couldn’t understand the purpose behind the
plot.
The writing
is extremely plain and simple. The concept was about ‘time’ and one if could
see at the different concepts of time as time reflects many emotions of life,
the author could have done it better by using descriptive and narrative
writing.
I was lost
in the concept as I couldn’t understand what exactly the author wanted to
convey to his readers.
Time can
indicate many things. Time is life. Time is money and time is a true reflection
of our life. The author tried to end the novel by an unexpected twist but when
I read the chapter wherein Pedro goes back to the same place when he was a
child, I already knew the end of the novel.
Overall,
the theme was great but the author failed to give justice to it. The plot was
pacing with lots of loopholes.
The book
cover and the title
The title
of the book is very direct. It’s a no-brainer title and the book cover doesn’t
make that enticing as well.
My rating
3/5
For the
efforts taken by the author, I give 3 stars to this book.
About the author
Devang
Kanavia is a passionate stroyteller who ventured into the world of writing with
his firstr book, Best Sellers: Because Everything is About Selling. A notable
speaker and leadership coach, Devang is a versatile author with a perfect blend
of science and philosophy. In The Watchmaker and Time, he explores one of the
most enigmatic subjects, Tome and weaves a delightful and thought-provoking
tale unravelling the mystery of time.
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