Category: 5 Stars

BOOK REVIEW: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

Posted December 2, 2014 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Books, classics, Reviews / 0 Comments

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey My rating: 5 of 5 stars “One flew east One flew west One flew over the cuckoo’s nest.” When does a novel becomes a classic? When it’s digested by critics and teachers bit-by-bit. Not when it is adapted to a movie. However, I don’t fully agree with the existing theory of a novel being called a classic. And no, I am not discussing my theory of classic, at least today. Before reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I had never really thought about insanity, how it is dealt with, and how it relates to ideas such as freedom and morality. In this classic novel, Ken Kesey with a thought-provoking narrative […]

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BOOK REVIEW: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by AGATHA CHRISTIE

Posted April 9, 2014 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Books, Crime & Mystery, Reviews / 0 Comments

I have never been on good terms when reading Agatha Christie. She made me bore and I confess guiltily (it’s not my habit generally) I have left her two books previously in between while reading. But few years back, a wise man recommended her to me, told me to read her books, stick to them. And this time I did. And There Were None by Agatha Christie, another recommendation by a special friend whom I’ll thank personally, wanted me to read this one. I read And There Were None in few hours (only two breaks in between) and it was hard to put down. A complete thrilling and terrifying experience which made me go mad and fall in love with it. After […]