Reader Review - The Other Side : Faraaz Kazi and Vivek Banerjee

Book: The Other Side

Author: Faraaz Kazi and Vivek Banerjee

Publisher:  Mahaveer Publishers (Vaibhav Book Service)
Genre : Thriller

Ratings: 4.5/5
ISBN: 9350880768

Number of Pages: 320

Review Date: 7^th January 2014
Review on behalf of - ReadersCosmos

My Ratings:
Plot – 5/5
Characters – 5/5
Style- 4/5
Climax – 4/5
Cover Page – 3/5

My Review:

This book has portrayed tremendous illustration effort put by both the authors. The combination of the 2 writers has left no stones unturned to make the content so well defined. The anthology consisting of 13 stories by the 2 authors has most of the stories good and a few very good.

The stories are crisp and have its eerie feel now and then. The surrounding of suspense and a scary feel about what is going to happen next has been created in several places across the book in most of the stories. The balance in the stories is amazing. Never in the book would a reader find a climax high or an interest dip. Across the reading, the tempo of the plot has been managed and scripted in a clear and harmony. The best among the lot are definitely “Possession”, “Red Bangles”, and “Dream Girl”. The 2nds in the lot are “A Long Weekend”, “Stranger in the Night” and the “Fateful Night”.  This has been an interesting read of this Genre for sure.

The quotation here and there, the pictures and the approach to decorate the stories have been amazing. Just like Indian director mostly fail to create a scary movie, so do most authors. However, this book is one of the best works and really gives a feel of the surrounding. Complete justice done and a great work indeed.