Nagasravika's Book Reviews Blog

 The Talisman  (The Talisman #1) By Stephen King, Peter Straub  Published Year: 1984 Page Count: 765 pages  Medium Used: Paperback  Genre : Multiverse, Science Fiction,  Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Young Adult, Coming-of-age, Adventure,  Action, 2026-read.  Rating : 5/5 😃😃😃😃🥳 I would say what a sensational book! The collaboration between two masters of horror and fantasy worked splendidly. I could easily discern the author by his writing style. The clonky book is broken into four parts - i think the 1st and 4th are written by Straub while the middle two are Mr. King's work. There isn't a book I haven't liked of King yet and this is my introduction to Straub. I liked the nuances and knowledge transfer that was happening from their minds into mine throughout the plot. Purely magical and addictive! I couldn't put down the book. Even if I was only managing to read about a hundred pages a day, the story lingered in my mind. I was churning through the e...

The Fifth Season  By N.K.Jemesin  Rating 5/5 💜💚 Genres : Epic Fantasy, New world This book is so unexpected and new in its creativity and imagination that I had to re-read some of the early passages to understand what they are referring to. She has created not only a new world that is highly unstable because of the turbulences taking place under the earth but also new sets of people with mysterious powers to quell these disturbances or create new ones and others who are pursuing them either to punish or kill them. Its a highly engrossing and enriching read!  A girl Damaya is born as an Orogene(rogga) - someone with power to bring earth quakes or quell them. She is given away as a child to be trained at a university called Fulcrum - to use her power consciously without misusing it. She grows into adulthood and is sent on a mission to quell an earth quake with a man alabaster who is much more powerful than her. Their story takes unexpected turns as they go aga...