Kathy Watson’s debut novel, Orphans of the Living, is a poignant and expansive historical fiction that traces the fractured journey of the Stovall family across early 20th-century America. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, Jim Crow-era Mississippi, and the evolving landscape of California, the novel explores themes of poverty, racial injustice, familial estrangement, and […]
What happens when you combine a romantic fiction with a political non-fiction? The answer is The Parisian by Isabella Hammad. It’s a vivid combination of romantic saga, historical fiction, domestic thriller, and political non-fiction. At times it works, but other times it doesn’t; thus, the author’s seminal work fails to present a cohesive picture. At […]
This is my second book in as many months that presents same narrative from two narrators’ perspectives. As they try to piece together the same puzzle in their own unique ways, somewhere in the story both narratives collide so that a wholesome coherent truth can emerge. The Water Lies is no exception to this and […]
A closed door (attic??!!) mystery revolving around two families- one past, another present, connected to a house with a sinister secret- this is the central premise of this novel. Like so many other novels having a similar storyline, you can guess the basic premise along with the characters and the final whodunit. What differentiates these […]
In a seemingly laid-back community of Sycamore Glen, two women-Sloane Thompson and Clara Gartner, tell a story. A story about a teenager called Margaret who is connected to both of them through their children. Margaret works as a part time babysitter for Sloane’s daughter Daisy who is suffering from poor health since childhood and requires […]
The Cass family has everything that a seemingly normal upper middle class family aspires and requires. This family unit is made up of Dad-Jason, Mom-Erica, daughter- Hannah and son- Liam. They are living a hum drum life in a township on Long Island. There are no evident tensions or struggles on the surface of this […]
The second novel in the Beartown saga starts where the first one left off. The town so passionately dedicated to hockey is bracing for the aftermath after the disastrous events taken place during the Spring season. From the fallout of those disturbing allegations put forth by Maya Anderson, Kevin Erdahl, the erstwhile Beartown hockey player is leaving the town. Not by […]
Prepare to have your mind bent and your reality questioned! On Charanti and Chai, we’re diving deep into Blake Crouch’s electrifying novel, ‘Dark Matter.’ Join us as we explore the astonishing premise of parallel universes, a physicist’s desperate fight to reclaim his life, and the thin line between the world you know and the countless others that exist. If you love a story that’s both intellectually stimulating and relentlessly thrilling, this review is for you. Read on to discover why ‘Dark Matter’ is a must-read for any sci-fi enthusiast!
It is a collection of short stories featuring a fictional character named Olive Kitteridge, who appears in either a central or supporting role in them. She is described a solid build woman with an apathetic and borderline blunt personality. Since she has been a math teacher for the local junior high school, the entire town […]
An iconic building, a landmark location, mysterious wealthy residents and few desperate temporary rentals. What can go wrong??!! Perhaps nothing or maybe everything. Jules, a young woman in New York city is down and out on her luck. She has lost her mediocre job in addition to a subpar boyfriend literally in the span of […]
