Blurb: Tara Bakshi, a young lawyer with a difficult boss. No matter
how hard she works, how many all-nighters she pulls, he is never satisfied.
When she starts work on the top-secret assignment, project Emerald, Tara
discovers that someone has been tampering with the files and her boss asks her
to find the culprit. As time ticks and Tara uncovers one evidence after
another, someone starts stalking her every move. He shadows her on the street,
in the parking lot, in her own bedroom; nowhere is she safe from his prying
gaze. The only clue she has to his identity is a Zippo lighter with a serpent
carved on it.
As events
turn darker with back-to-back murders, Tara teeters on the verge of a collapse.
What does the killer want from her? Is he hiding behind a familiar face? Even
as her life turns into a whirling nightmare that pulls her into its web, Tara
must discover the truth before he strikes again…
A
riveting thriller that will keep you guessing till the end.
Verdict: The
cover design by Riti Jain Dhar and the title by the authoress gave the book its
much needed feel. A cover like this would surely stand out from the crowd of
the love stories that the bookshelves are full out. The blurb also gives a very
mysterious feel which would make the readers grab the book at one go and read
it at once.
The
first scene of the story give the book its much needed feel and increases the
readers’ urge to read and know what the book has in store for them. Greeted
with a very familiar setting of regular life of strict boss over meek and
working employees gives the readers a very real to life feel making them love
the book all the more.
Apart
from that, the storyline was also fresh giving the readers a very unputdownable
feeling while reading it. The narrating style used in the book was really interesting
with different chapters in a different voice and of a different perspective
resulted in the readers loving the book at every angle.
The
way the story has progressed from the clues left behind, Tara’s doubt and
finally the end to it leaves the readers mesmerized throughout the book. The
author has done a very nice job in writing this whole book. I really loved the
whole part ‘snakes’ has played in the book which gives the book a very eerie
feeling.
And
I am sure to say that the eerie feeling stays with you for a very long time
even after reading the book. After finishing the book also, the hang of the
book stays and if you want to go and walk on the road at that moment, you are
sure to get ‘spooked’. Such, is the charm of the book and the narrating of the
authoress.
But,
to an extent, I felt that a few parts of the book were very ‘tough’ to be a
part of reality and that’s when the readers might not connect to the book. Even
though the authoress has done a good job with the book still I felt that if written
in a better way with more mystery and thrill would’ve taken this book to an all
new level.
Apart
from those few flaws of the book, for me it has been a very nice one-time read
and I would surely recommend the same to my readers and urge them to go and
pick up the book.
Final Words:
A
very nicely written book, a very new age thriller. Girvani Dhyani does her best
with the thrill down the spine read
for the readers!
Title:
S.T.A.L.K.E.D
Author: Girvani Dhyani
Publisher: HarperCollins
Page Count: 250
My Rating: 4.5/5
Author: Girvani Dhyani
Publisher: HarperCollins
Page Count: 250
My Rating: 4.5/5
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