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The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
The story focuses on Shiva, a twenty-one year old warrior who is living with his tribesmen in what is currently Tibet. He comes across a group of Meluhans (Meluha is what is now Western India & Pakistan) who are searching for something or someone. Shiva’s tribe is called the Gunas and another tribe called the Pakratis is hunting them. Shiva detests the needless violence and decides to follow the Meluhan party back to their land. Things seem troublesome in Meluha wherein the Suryavanshi kings (Descendants of the Sun) are the rulers and the people live by Suryavanshi standards. They are facing friction from their eastern neighbors, the land of Swadeep ruled by Chandravanshis (Descendants of the moon) as both sides are clueless in regards to the drying up of the Saraswati River and hence blame each other for their differences.
Shiva then meets Sati,the emperor's daughter and falls in love with her..and you can read the rest :P
Loved the book!I loved the plot but I don't know why something was missing.I loved the way he used the names..like Sati,Shiva,Nandi etc.The author is really creative..I just loved the way he talked about Ram and Lord Rudra and he made it easy to digest.Nice climax ,by the way.I loved the way he described the city of Meluha.I didn't like the way they swore..I mean.who said "Damn it!" in 1900 BC?I hated those parts..and during the war it was just boring at times you know..only that part..overall,the book was just beautiful..It reached my expectations!loved it :)It made understanding Hindu mythology easy! you guys should read it..totally!
3.0
The story focuses on Shiva, a twenty-one year old warrior who is living with his tribesmen in what is currently Tibet. He comes across a group of Meluhans (Meluha is what is now Western India & Pakistan) who are searching for something or someone. Shiva’s tribe is called the Gunas and another tribe called the Pakratis is hunting them. Shiva detests the needless violence and decides to follow the Meluhan party back to their land. Things seem troublesome in Meluha wherein the Suryavanshi kings (Descendants of the Sun) are the rulers and the people live by Suryavanshi standards. They are facing friction from their eastern neighbors, the land of Swadeep ruled by Chandravanshis (Descendants of the moon) as both sides are clueless in regards to the drying up of the Saraswati River and hence blame each other for their differences.
Shiva then meets Sati,the emperor's daughter and falls in love with her..and you can read the rest :P
Loved the book!I loved the plot but I don't know why something was missing.I loved the way he used the names..like Sati,Shiva,Nandi etc.The author is really creative..I just loved the way he talked about Ram and Lord Rudra and he made it easy to digest.Nice climax ,by the way.I loved the way he described the city of Meluha.I didn't like the way they swore..I mean.who said "Damn it!" in 1900 BC?I hated those parts..and during the war it was just boring at times you know..only that part..overall,the book was just beautiful..It reached my expectations!loved it :)It made understanding Hindu mythology easy! you guys should read it..totally!
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
2.0
I am absolutely surprised to see the amount of people who have given this five stars and it makes me wonder if there is something wrong with me.
This book that constantly objectifies a man, has a stalker turn into a love interest and extreme toxic jealousy is a bestseller and being turned into a movie?
Well, now I do know the world is ending.
I cannot believe I read this. I cannot believe I read this.
It is shit. It is unrealistic. I am a postgrad student and I work more in a day than these publishing company employees do throughout this entire book. Their banter is ridiculous. The female lead gave me second hand embarrassment with all this sex craze and the comments. The guy is ridiculous too but I felt bad when he actually had to ask this woman to stop objectifying him. The girl calls him a “beautiful racehorse”. There are other comments exchanged that I did not enjoy by the both of them. But this female lead continued to make me want to facepalm my face off.
At a time when we are upset about female characters about being treated unfairly by authors who write them with a male gaze, cheering this book on would definitely be the most unfair thing I could do, in my opinion. So this book is going down the toilet for me.
The obsession with the guy being tall her being “just” 5 feet. Okay? So what? Should I combust?
Oh God.
I should just stop. You get the drift. It’s shit.
No shade, if you read this for fun. I am glad you enjoyed it. I really could not.
This book that constantly objectifies a man, has a stalker turn into a love interest and extreme toxic jealousy is a bestseller and being turned into a movie?
Well, now I do know the world is ending.
I cannot believe I read this. I cannot believe I read this.
It is shit. It is unrealistic. I am a postgrad student and I work more in a day than these publishing company employees do throughout this entire book. Their banter is ridiculous. The female lead gave me second hand embarrassment with all this sex craze and the comments. The guy is ridiculous too but I felt bad when he actually had to ask this woman to stop objectifying him. The girl calls him a “beautiful racehorse”. There are other comments exchanged that I did not enjoy by the both of them. But this female lead continued to make me want to facepalm my face off.
At a time when we are upset about female characters about being treated unfairly by authors who write them with a male gaze, cheering this book on would definitely be the most unfair thing I could do, in my opinion. So this book is going down the toilet for me.
The obsession with the guy being tall her being “just” 5 feet. Okay? So what? Should I combust?
Oh God.
I should just stop. You get the drift. It’s shit.
No shade, if you read this for fun. I am glad you enjoyed it. I really could not.
Halo by Zizou Corder
5.0
I loved this book! and I really love the fact that the book was written by two people,I don't know why!
The story is about Halo who grew up with Centaurs of Zakynthos.Her best friend is her centaur brother,Arko.They have many adventures together.During on of their adventures,Halo gets captured by humans and s taken to a strange land where she is made a slave.While,she is transported to another island,she jumps off the ship and swims to another island,where she meets a man who takes away her golden Owl that she wears around her neck.She retrieves it and decides to be a boy so that people would give her respect.She steals a knife from the man and runs away to Sparta(where,she heard women and treated well).On her way,she jumps into a stream and her head hits a rock and she is hurt.Here our hero,Leonidas(a Spartan hop-lite who is named after the king,Leonidas) comes in.He is such a dreamboat!Anyway,he knows that she is a girl and then he leaves her there as he was finishing his training that day.Then she saved by another family,from where she's taken by Leon.He hides the fact that she's girl,from his fellow Spartans.She lives in Sparta for sometime.When her teacher finds out that she's a girl,she runs away and reaches Melesippus,Manticlas and Leon who were travelling to Delphi to meet the Pythia.Who gives Sparta good news of their victory in the war.Leon helps Halo,by freeing her and she gets a chance to talk to the oracle,who tells her that she belongs to the accursed family in Athens and is the daughter of Megacles and Aeilla.Happy about this Halo walks out and finds Arko there chained.He tells the people that men should respect Centaurs and Leon tells Halo to escape.She flees with Arko and reaches Athens.There she meets Pericles(who's her uncles) and Aspasia.She pretends to be a boy,but Aspasia finds out that she's a girl.She helps her but asks her to disclose the secret as soon as she can to Pericles.but Halo never gets a chance as Pericles is busy with the approaching war.Meanwhile,Halo learns to fight with the help of the Skythians and their chief Arimaspou. Arko and Halo visit their Centaur family to tell them that they are fine. Soon after this a plague spreads around Athens,a lot of people die,including Pericles.Halo gets affected but is saved.
One day as she was riding on her horse Ivy along with the Skythians,she finds Leon,with she's in love.Apparently he's alone and affected by the plague.She runs away from the Skythians as she knows that they will kill the Spartan and saves him.But they're soon found by Skythians and they find out that Arko is missing,who is most probably taken by Manticlas,the evil Persian who believes that a Centaur heart can help win any war.Halo finds out the truth about Arimaspou.
"He" is her mother.She finds out that she's an Amazon Princess,something that she has always wanted to be.Aeilla (Arimaspou) tells Halo that she should make the mistake that she did and should live like a girl.They finally save Arko from Manticlas and reach an island,where they are visited by the Centaurs.She is in love with Leon and apparently he loves her too.
Happy ending!
The book was awesome,to me.The way of writing is simple,which makes it easier to understand the story.They even have the Greek alphabets behind the book,which is cool! and I'm a huge fan of Zizou Corder. There were a large amount unrealistic incidents in the story.Where everything happened the way Halo wanted.But I loved the whole story too much that I didn't notice such problems.Halo is brave and intelligent.Even under all this simplistic writing,it is discussing an important issue.The freedom and equality of girls and it has taken ancient Greece as an example.It shows the lives of women there and the difference between a boy and a girl.Halo is an extraordinary girl who goes on this amazing adventure,accidentally.I hope you read this.I really wish it was a movie,so that I could see it and enjoy it even more!Ciao!
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The story is about Halo
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who's not really an orphanOne day as she was riding on her horse Ivy along with the Skythians,she finds Leon,with she's in love.Apparently he's alone and affected by the plague.She runs away from the Skythians as she knows that they will kill the Spartan and saves him.But they're soon found by Skythians and they find out that Arko is missing,who is most probably taken by Manticlas,the evil Persian who believes that a Centaur heart can help win any war.Halo finds out the truth about Arimaspou.
"He" is her mother.She finds out that she's an Amazon Princess,something that she has always wanted to be.Aeilla (Arimaspou) tells Halo that she should make the mistake that she did and should live like a girl.They finally save Arko from Manticlas and reach an island,where they are visited by the Centaurs.She is in love with Leon and apparently he loves her too.
Happy ending!
The book was awesome,to me.The way of writing is simple,which makes it easier to understand the story.They even have the Greek alphabets behind the book,which is cool! and I'm a huge fan of Zizou Corder. There were a large amount unrealistic incidents in the story.Where everything happened the way Halo wanted.But I loved the whole story too much that I didn't notice such problems.Halo is brave and intelligent.Even under all this simplistic writing,it is discussing an important issue.The freedom and equality of girls and it has taken ancient Greece as an example.It shows the lives of women there and the difference between a boy and a girl.Halo is an extraordinary girl who goes on this amazing adventure,accidentally.I hope you read this.I really wish it was a movie,so that I could see it and enjoy it even more!Ciao!