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The Guest by Nikki Smith

The resort of their dreams.

A destination to die for...

WELCOME TO PARADISE!

Enjoying a holiday at the luxurious Asana Fushi Resort sounds like a great idea! But for the Hamilton family, this dream holiday soon turns into the trip from hell.

The story begins with the Hamilton family arriving at the Asana Fushi Resort in the Maldives to enjoy their holiday. As the story progresses, you’ll see how secrets can destroy lives and how lies can create even more discomfort in relationships.

Initially, you might feel that the story is a little slow, but gradually, it picks up the pace and becomes more interesting.

I liked the fact that the chapters are short, which makes the book easy to read. You get a taste of romance, deception, betrayal, and suspense throughout the story.

Amazing storyline!

However, I didn’t really like the ending. I feel it could have been much more suspenseful and thrilling. The book also felt a little lengthy at times. If it had wrapped up a little earlier, the ending might have had a stronger impact.

My Rating: 6.5/10

I’m a student and, unfortunately, I can’t afford to buy many books. I absolutely love reading, especially fiction, historical fiction, and mystery.
If anyone has books they no longer need and would be willing to donate or pass them on to me, I would be incredibly grateful. Even second-hand books would mean a lot to me.

Also reviews would be highly appreciated

I ordered these books from Amazon and yay they've finally arrived. The quality is good for the price and except Jane Eyre all are hard cover . So excited to read them

Giving away this book for free. New condition. Just highlights are there on some lines in initial few pages. Shipping is on you Edit : guys its closed. Until next time 👋

These are typically the books that concerns both the individual and the society. This is one particular theme that I have always been interested into.

Heyy everyone! I have 2 book clubs on Fable where we read beginner-friendly books (NO CLASSICS) We also play fun bookish games and have lots of discussions.

Just check them out once, and if they match your interests, join us, we’d love to have you guys there.

If you join, please try to participate in everything—recommending books, voting in polls, playing games, and joining the discussions. It’ll make the club much more fun for everyone 🫶🏻

• BOOKISH HANGOUT^^ — Main / All-Genre Club

• WHO’S THE KILLER? — Thriller Club 🔪

Bought these books today from "kitaab khana" Mumbai. Any more suggestions n also what should I read first..

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I finished this book just on the right time when all the emotions of freedom struggle and revolution was high.

The book is short and crisp. Writing is good and just. My only complaint to the author is that she left me longing for more. Not the story in the broader picture but more emotions and the world that existed for our beloved spy. It moved fast just like his life which is fair but i was left desiring for a slow moment of contemplation and reflection of life. A swift read that reminds you that we will always be grateful to the hidden heroes.

Saw an uncle ji reading a book while travelling on the local train today and it made me so happy🫠✌🏼 Maybe someone might call it performative, but I really don't think that uncle ji was trying to perform anything. The way he carefully flipped through each page, the way he protected the book from all the pushing and pulling in the crowd, and held it so gently without getting in anyone's way shows how much he genuinely cared about his book. And as someone who loves reading while travelling myself, seeing sweet moments like this genuinely makes my day🦭✨️

I really recommend everyone to read it.

Elisabeth Bumiller, a journalist for The Washington Post, came to India in the 1980s and over the years, travelled to all parts of the country, examining the paradoxes, problems, triumphs and realities of the lives of India's women: from village women of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala to prominent parliamentarians, politicians, movie-stars, intellectuals, police officers, meeting and interviewing them. She notes that 'a woman's role in Indian society is full of contradictions'. While enormous numbers of them are illiterate, many hold important positions in politics and the arts. While most suffer discrimination and poverty, others are transforming India into a modern nation. Bumiller brings out these paradoxes in a clean, insightful style that makes the vast complexities of the lives of India's four hundred million women accessible and compelling.

Bumiller documented really well. I really liked the chapter where she talked about the feminist movements that was happening in 80s in India, dividing it into three categories- first consisting of urban, elite women coming from educated backgrounds, 2nd- also educated women from mostly from working class more closer and taking in rural issues. And lastly- the rural peasant women. She met and interviewed different feminist women, trying to understand their objectives and how these movements have shaped and are shaping the lives of women in India.

As Indians, we often find that how even after living in a same country, we live completely different lives with completely different experiences. A village woman in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh living in shackles of extreme patriarchy to village woman of Bodh Gaya, Bihar, despite living in extreme poverty knows about her rights. And in complete contrast to a working professional living in Delhi who doesn't know that extreme patriarchy and misogyny that many Indian women still have to suffer.

Interestingly, the writer even puts her own thoughts and views. Admiration, amazement, sympathy and sometimes rage and disgust. In the 5th chapter where she examines the female infanticide and sex- selective abortions, while witnessing a pregnant woman, coming from educated rich background from Bombay, going through a chorionic villus(a recent technology from the West to check the birth defects) to know the gender of fetus. \_"As I watched the wire's journey on the screen of the ultrasound machine, I slowly became disgusted. It had been building all week, but I think seeing this woman with her examination table, so exposed and, in a sense, so violated by the her legs spread on the forces of her society, caused something to snap in me. What did India have, I thought, to take the newest technology from the Wes and use it for something as reprehensible as the slaughter of female babies?"\_ Here, I see both her rage and disgust, that we feel after knowing this.

We even see her self-realization. As she says towards the end, \_"...asking Veena Bhargava how she rationalized painting the homeless rather than working among them, had sought a justification for why I was interviewing interesting artists instead of helping out myself. But realize now I was searching for a larger answer, for one that woul have helped me define my whole purpose in India. I have come to the conclusion that if I did not work among the poor, I have at least told their stories and unveiled a part of their lives. This book was my mission to inform, to enlighten, and to prove that the women of India are more like us than they are not."\_

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Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino - 3/5 , took me one working week to complete.

After finishing "A murder in Tokyo" and "Confessions", I wanted to stay within the same genre and explore more Japanese literature, which led me to pick up "Silent Parade".

The first part didn't grip me immediately - the murder, the suspect, but no resolution - and I found myself a little bored. The gross miscarriage of justice on display also felt uncomfortably familiar, echoing flaws I've seen in the Indian judicial system too. That said, watching the culprit draw on his father's old wisdom - that confession is the king of evidence - and turn it to his own advantage, even while guilty, was genuinely heartbreaking.

The second part is where the book truly hooked me. I found myself suspecting everyone, with every regular visitor visiting Namiki-ya seeming like a plausible culprit. It wasn't until the final two chapters that the real explanation of who killed Saoki and Hasunuma became clear - and until then, every competing theory felt equally convincing.

What I didn't enjoy was how the police were portrayed: constantly hitting dead ends and needing a civilian to guide them forward. It left me questioning just how capable - or incapable - the police are made out to be in these stories.

Overall, this was a 3/5 read for me, and it took me about a working week to finish.

Also, ei series er total 5 ta novel ache ki?

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: (Spoiler free review)

Just finished this book and oh my gooooood!!! Somebody pls wipe my memory so I could read it again

I got the book just because it was popular (and it was for a reason) and started reading it without knowing anything besides what you could guess from the title of the book (that she had seven husbands.... duh) but goshhh it had everything - love, heartbreak, friendship, longing, scandals, tragedy, twists... You name it. I just want to pick it up and read it all over again

How did you guys like it and what are your reviews (plss hide any spoilers for people who haven't read it, you'd be taking away from their experience)