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Never Gone (Book Review)

Never Gone by Anusha Subramaniam My rating: 3 of 5 stars Name of the book: Never Gone Name of the Author: Anusha Subramanian Publisher: Penguin Books by Penguin Random House India 2016 ISBN: 9780143424963 Price: Rs.299; Pages: 268 Before writing about the book, it is important to mention here that the author is one of the youngest published authors in India. She was 15 while penning this tale. Also, she happens to be the daughter of banker-turned-writer Ravi Subramanian, who at 36 wrote his first book ‘If God was a banker’ and more recently, ‘The Bestseller She Wrote’. Coming to the book, considering the author’s age and experiences till now, it’s a reflection of new-age school kids on the cusp of being adults – their friendships, relations with parents, their fears for the future and so much more. For elders, reading the book would be like revisiting the school days with its own share of fun and frolic tinged with board exam stress. For young adults, th...

Lyrebird by Cecilia Ahern

  Lyrebird by Cecelia Ahern My rating: 2 of 5 stars Name of the book: Lyrebird Author: Cecelia Ahern Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 416 Price: Rs 350 Lyrebird- ‘She will change your life forever’ greets you the moment you pick up the book. The cover is designed beautifully by Heike Schüssler and it foretells what is about to be experienced by the reader in the first few pages. Reading Cecelia’s tales are like free falling. You never know where you will land up. The plot just keeps you guessing. Often, the landing is in a lovely state of mind that leaves one spellbound, with a bittersweet feeling. That was the case with many of her previous books which I read over a period of time right from my school days. Be it P.S.I love You , Where Rainbows End , The Year I Met You ,  The Book of Tomorrow or The Time of My Life , they all had something to offer that remained with the reader long after the storytelling ended. Cecelia has that rare power of great storytelling that remai...