The Watchmaker and Time (Book Review)

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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