Opinions on the bard of blood

viksorion

Am planning to write on the book. A surprise package coming from a 20 yr old writer. Has put in a good amount of research.
Pls comment

cynic

I was planning to pick it before being distracted by the Juggernaut Books app. Looks like it is worth a read.

viksorion

Finished the book yesterday night after a binge read.
I should say if I had known this book to be so good I wouldn't have nominated Patang for the month. Highly recommended.
Firstly the author has done a wonderful groundwork before he ventured into the writing part. His command over the language is commendable, considering that this is his first book and he's still a college going undergraduate. The research work is immense and authentic.
About the story it starts wonderfully, a little filmy at times but still gripping and make believe plausible plot. The building up is also good.
The characters are well defined and you can relate to the personalities.
Second half goes slightly awry, specially with unnecessary love angle thrown in and a couple of over the head dramatic episodes. Those could have been avoided.
Balochistan per say is a relatively hushed up matter both from Pakistan and Indian side though due to totally opposite reasons. The plight of the Balochis has been brought out with all the intensity and the geopolitical games the countries play bring to the fore the mentality of these countries.
The author says he is inspired by Hussain Zaidi (Mumbai Avengers) and calls him his mentor, but I'll say he's outdone his mentor. Hope he keeps on writing such wonderful novels in the future too

viksorion

@cynic
Why don't you join these two posts about the same book

cynic

viksorion 7-9-2018 12:03 AM
@cynic
Why don't you join these two posts about the same book

Group features on discuz software are unfortunately very limited. It does not allow merging posts. You and @divey can decide the thread you want to continue with.