Author:Ratnadip Acharya
Pages:296
Genre: historical thriller
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RATINGS:🌟 🌟 🌟
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💠(Review)💠
Starting from the cover, it looks nice and the title is apt with the story.
Before going further this is a historical fiction mixed with other different genre set in 2017 where a young guy Saikat found a piece of ancient looking with strange images and Sanskrit inscriptions. Then he met a vivacious young lady Shuvashini. Thus their research revealed a century old story of a seductive danseuse,a painter with a photographic memory, a benevolent King and a gruesome conspiracy.
The answer lies in that incident which happened in 1900. The story emphasizes on how they unfolded the mystery by risking their lives in danger but towards the end it becomes rather heavy. At some point things happen at random in this book that has great clarity of thought and vision.
Although, the plot has strong potential, the burden of carrying lots of unnecessary events failed to make interesting impact. Adding to this characters are not well-developed but kudos to author’s skilled research that take one back to the ancient period of history.Overall, it’s a one-time read for me.
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