Posts tagged Fiction

5 Best Japanese Literary Novels to Keep You Hooked

Ever given a thought to why Japanese literature is so popular? Well, I guess since it tends to be more emotional and subjective than intellectual and thus appeals strongly to a more universal audience at large rather than a niche group of people. Hence, today we bring you a slice of this popular form of literature by giving you 5 Best Japanese literary novels to keep you hooked.

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Supernatural, Secrets, and Society: A Review of ‘The London Séance Society’ by Sarah Penner

Do you believe in ghosts and spirits? What if I told you there was a way to connect with them and summon them at will? And yet, be prepared; summoning those who have “moved on” might not be a safe idea, peeps! The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner is a horror thriller fiction which will make you question the norms of reality as well as surreal, altering your thoughts about life and death altogether

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Wayward by Dethan, a Journey Towards the Soul, a Review

Imagine the plane you are traveling in crashes out in the open sea, yet you survive miraculously. Wait, there is another survivor alongside you—a 12-year-old kid? What if I tell you that you have to survive alongside that child out in the open seas and that help is not going to be coming anytime soon? Scared? Read on to find out about such a scenario in Wayward by Dethan, a tale like no other I have read before.

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Dancers in the Dark by Ejaz Ahamad: Xenophobia through the Ages | Book Review

An antipathy that will make you sit back, mull, and wonder why colour is such a strongly held ground for discrimination even today, Dancers in the Dark by Ejaz Ahamad is a story that centres around the discrimination based on colour as well as all those so-called societal categories and stigmas that have been there for around centuries now. Yes, unfair behaviour against the LGBTQ+ community—that is what I am indicating here!

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5 Reasons Why Durjoy Dutta Is the “Shah Rukh Khan” of Indian Romance Fiction

One of India’s most prolific writers of commercial romance fiction, Durjoy Dutta’s success in the romance trope is not unknown. It takes much more than his dimpled smile, his wide-eyed charm, and his simplicity and exuberance of persona to charm the millions of fans who wait desperately each time for his next work. Hence, today we bring you 5 reasons why Durjoy Dutta is the “Shahrukh Khan” of Indian romance fiction

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Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang: Dive Into the Dark of Publishing Industry

Your writer friend just struck gold by signing a deal with Netflix for a TV adaptation. Could it get bigger? You both are busy celebrating over cocktails while she shows you her latest, unpublished work-unpublished one. And then she drops dead? What would you do? Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang is a revelation, exploring the sad travesty of the dark side of publishing industry

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