Sravika's Books - Reviews and Other Trivia

 The Kind Worth Killing  (Henry Kimball/Lucy Kintner #1) By Peter Swanson  Published Year: 2015 Page Count: 285 pages  Medium Used: Paperback  Genre : Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Murder Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, 2025-read.  Rating : 5/5 😀😀😀😀😀 I liked the fast pacing of the narration, good character development and the depth the plot had. I found the reasons and justifications the main character gave herself to kill rather childish and immature. Whatever the reasons, she had been adept at killing and getting away with murder all her life! Its shocking how easy it was. It made me wonder how many serial killers are there, walking around in civilian clothes, around us every minute, every day! Towards the end, it became like a cat and mouse chase with the cop, Henry Kimball and Lucy Kintner, the suspect, playing catch up. I liked the book very much. Would love to read the next book in the series.  Lucy Kintner is a murderess. She had been taking ...

 Conversations with Friends  By Sally Rooney  (Debut Novel)  Published Year : 2017 Page Count: 321 pages  Medium Used: Paperback  Genre : Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Complicated Relationships, Clinical Depression, Endometriosis, 2025-read.  Rating : 5/5 😀😀😀😀😀 My, my!! What a prose! The writing felt amazing. So did the character development. I felt like having read some personal journal of a real person ,not a novel or a book of fiction! Highly recommend to all lovers of good books. I am also appreciative of the fact that there is minimal to no smut in the narration. I usually cringe and walk away or skip the pages in books where it is there. This didn't feel like a debut work at all. Written with an ease of professional!  Frances and Bobbie were a thing. They used to have a lesbian relationship. They stopped being lovers , for whatever reason, and remained solid, best friends. In their lives enter Melissa - a journalist and essayist and he...

The Silent Lover Channel on Telegram by Tanishk. Click on the following link to head to the channel and follow:  The Silent Lover   The guy writes beautifully and with such intense feeling that it touches the core of the reader. He usually puts out his thoughts, beautiful, soulful quotes, pictures and has good interactive subscribers. Do check this out for sure!! He writes from the heart and soul under his pen with the benediction of Krishna. 🥰

 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine  By Gail Honeyman  Published Year: 2017 (HarperCollins) Page Count: 383 pages  Medium Used : Paperback  Genre : Contemporary Fiction, Chronic Depression, Loneliness, Mental Illness, 2025-read.  Rating : 4/5 😇😇😇😇 If the character of Eleanor Oliphant is not consistent, I would have laughed and put away the book as farcical. Yes. Eleanor has had a tough past/upbringing and she is rendered incapable of having a strong social life. The author spooked me at how easily she plays her inner psychological detective and comes out of her mental issues. She accurately diagnoses her issues and though she couldn't deal with them, she nevertheless is aware of all her problems and the after effects. This felt strange and insincere to me. Other than this, the story and narration is very gripping. I found myself reading the book when I was suppose to be doing something else more productive. I spent a large part of my work day immersed ...

 The Girl in the Tower  (The Winternight Triology #3) By Katherine Arden  Published Year: 2017 Page Count : 345 pages  Medium Used: Paperback  Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Russia, Witches, Sorcery, Fairy Tales, Pagan gods, Christianity, 2025-read.  Rating : 5/5 😀😀😀😀😀 Mind blowing. Mesmerizing. I simply couldn't put this book down.  I read part one of the series long back and barely remember anything of the plot. But still, I wasn't at a loss to understand this story. I would say it is standalone to a certain extent. I just loved the fight between good and evil. I loved the magic and the atmosphere the story is set in. Character and world development are pristine.  Coming to the plot. Vasya has escaped her home and sets out on a journey to travel the world alone with her magical, chyerti horse, Solovey. The Winter King and frost demon is against this idea because it is dangerous and not safe for her. She resists his persuasive arguments...

 The Black Prism  (LightBringer #1) By Brent Weeks  Published Year: 2010 Page Count: 660 pages  Medium Used: Kindle PW  Genre : High Fantasy, Magic, Chromaturgy, Action, War, Adventure, 2025-read.  Rating : 4.25/5 The last 200 pages just blew my mind. It felt like they were written by a different person from the author of the first part of the story. I was gripped as the details of the war between the Prism, his drafters, soldiers and the Lord Omnicrome are expounded. The author has introduced a new, fantastic world where people use/draft magic according to their abilities by drafting colors from light and surroundings. They can make any of the materials that can be made with any of the seven colors : sub-red(heat), red, orange, yellow, green, blue, superviolet. Some can draft only one color and they are at the bottom rung of the populace. Some can do multiple and they are bichrome or polychrome. Only one person in an age of seven years can draft all the co...