Book Review: The Gunslinger

Title: The Gunslinger

Author: Suchita Agarwal

Genre: Fiction

Book Review:

The Gunslinger by Suchita Agarwal comes across as a tale of revenge and redemption on the face of it, but the author has so skillfully weaved threads of emotion, betrayal and survival in the folds of its story that it totally makes for an enjoyable reading experience.

From the very beginning you feel hooked onto the enigma of the protagonist and drawn into the scene of action directly.As the chapters flow, the feeling of intrigue only grows, and you cannot help but marvel at the sheer excellence of Suchita's story telling ability. She keeps us riveted with her fast paced narrative, which is unapologetic and packs a punch; very apt to the high-strung action story of this kind.

The action and twists at every turn never offers a drag or a moment of boredom and the reader is transported into the thick of a Texas styled man-hunt tale. We can almost visualize the characters and feel their emotions. Rage, fear, compassion sweeps over us as does the rush of adrenaline as the narrative swiftly takes us to the climactic end.

Suchita has taken efforts to build her characters and has presented them skillfully; I must applaud her notion of naming some of the characters based on their idiosyncrasies, a trait which hits a high mark with the reader. Even the lingo used by some of the characters add a dimension and only helps the story to appear more real in the imagination of the reader.

A very different read from usual novels in the fiction genre, The Gunslinger lives up to the promise of its title: a dark (and sometimes) sinful plot, with vivid descriptions, will flare up your imagination and keep you upright as you read. Kudos to Suchita for penning such a brilliant thriller packed with such a powerful narrative.

Opinion: If you are not reading The Gunslinger, then you are surely missing an experience!

Rating: 4.5/5

You can download a free copy of the eBook here:

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# This Book Review is a part of the Blogchatter Book Review Program 

Blogchatter A2Z 2019 - Theme Reveal : My Land Across the Border

Blogchatter A2Z 2019 – Theme Reveal : 

‘My Land Across the Border’

After a heart-warming debut season of Blogchatter A2Z last year with ‘Ancient Cities of India’ (soon to be published as a paperback) my love for history has been further entrenched, so much that I am trying my hand for the first time at writing historical fiction and will be presenting to you ‘My Land Across the Border’, in the Blogchatter A2Z 2019!

‘My Land Across the Border’, though spread across 26 posts, is a single story based on true incidents and characters and can be aptly described as a historical thriller against the backdrop of the 1947 and 1971 events of mass migration of people from Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan and earlier undivided Bengal) to India. Through its primary protagonists, the story tries to bring forth the consequent mental turmoil between their new lives in the new country and the unforgettable past they have had to leave behind, and the indelible impact that the history of the land had inflicted on them and their subsequent generations till date.

I would therefore request my readers to read ‘My Land Across the Border’, not as isolated chapters, but as a continuous story. Hope you enjoy my new attempt at historical fiction. Thank you.

About ‘My Land Across the Border’

Siraj, a middle-aged professor of South Asian history at a Canadian university, struggles to get over his tormented childhood memories as he continuously searches for his own identity. Like a ghost from the past there are hints of a dark secret in his family ancestry which haunt him continuously. Siraj takes refuge in the history of Bangladesh, his motherland, and frantically researches the details in the hope of getting answers to the questions that torment him; but the secret strongly draws him to the land of his birth which he has no memory of, in search of his answers and to meet his final redemption.

Mrinal, on the other hand, had always lived with the hope of returning to his village in Bangladesh from where he had had to migrate overnight in his teens. But his wait had ensued for long sixty years to make that one journey back. As destiny hands him a chance, he sets off with the apprehensions of a homecoming that he had always dreamt of but never had had the opportunity of.

All clues and answers seem to lie hidden in the folds of the history of the land and Siraj and Mrinal must hunt for themselves if they are to get their answers. Will their worlds collide as they retrace their respective versions of history in present-day Bangladesh...? Or will history play truant with them and their quest for their motherland will remain inconclusive…?

Read ‘My Land Across the Border’ and be a part of their search into the past.

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My Land Across the Border is now available as an eBook (in pdf format) in the Blogchatter eBook Carnival 2019 and has hence been taken off from my blog.

Free download of the eBook is available for a limited time from the Blogchatter website at the following link:

https://www.theblogchatter.com/download/sayan-bhattacharyas-my-land-across-the-border/

Please download your copy and enjoy reading this historical crime thriller. Do not forget to share your feedback with me...your reviews matter.

Thank you...