Recent book you have read and its genre

pkgadvocate

I finished reading The president is missing. A very good and compelling narrative. Finished it in 2 days. Its a good read.

imrupak

I read Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and what a book. I rate 10 on 10.

arjuns1988

I'm about to finish "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" by Robin Sharma. It's a self-help book. I give it a 7 out of 10. I recommend it to those who want to let go of their egotistic way of life.

leogirl

I finished sapiens by yuval Noah Harari. I give it 9 on 10. It’s a unique read, not sure what genre it would fall into!

manmohit76

I have read 'Behind Bars ' by Sunetra Choudhary... I would rate it 7 out of 10...Nice stories of big wigs behind the bars.

tuli08@

'Down the long wind' series by gillian bradshaw.These three books are presented in the era of king arthur...awesome..loved it...

dsdeepak17

I recently read Americal Gods by Neil Gaiman. It belongs to Fantasy Genre and I liked it very much...
As far as the question of rating it goes(I am very strict in that Department), would give it 7.5/10.
I would surely recommend it to anyone who reads Fantasy and Neil Gaiman is a Genius Storyteller

Rushcourt71

I am reading The 'Life and Times of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta' by VS Srinivasa Sastri, (the writer was a politician of the time). The subject was a an Indian barrister and political thinker who followed the Parsi religion and lived between 1845-1915.

The Genre is Non Fiction and is a 174 Pages Biography by an author who met and knew his subject personally. It was published in 1945, some thirty years after Mehta's death.

I would rate it 4/10 for the time being. This is because the book has no order, follows no specific patterns and digresses from one point to the next without explanations, footnotes or commentary to avoid confusion.

I chose the book because of four primary issues. The first two were because it was written by someone who knew the person being written about and second because it was recorded and made available not long after the subject passed away.

I was expecting some bias because the author admired his subject, and a professional academic work of repute due to the author's background as a parliamentarian but was disappointed on both fronts. I have found the book lacks flair, clarity and substance and equally so the bias is to the point of hero worship.   

The next two were due to who admired and learned from him; namely Muhammad Ali Jinnah of Pakistan who worked in his law offices for a time and was also introduced to politics by Mehta. The other individual was Dadabahi Naoroji who although being twenty years older than Mehta worked with him and spoke highly of his friend as a fellow campaigner for the rights of Indians under British rule at the time.

As someone who has yet to finish it, I am hesitant to recommend it based on what I have read so far.

ajinesk

The chalk man-c.j. Tudor, Psychothriller. I would rate it 6,5/10