Ashvamedha – The Game of Power by Aparna Sinha : Book Review
Ashvamedha by Aparna Sinha is a thriller
novel based on politics and political journey of a man named, Ashwin Jamwal.
The book is the debut work of the author, and is definitely one of the best
debut novels coming from any Indian author today. The story is based on the theory--Power is addictive, power corrupts.
The story is outstanding. It begins like a
normal story of a person, an IAS officer, struggling with excessive corruption
in the system, but then it grows to become a thriller dealing with a terror
threat to many nations of the world, and finally it ends with something so
out-of-the-box which is enough to prove the expertise of the writer in the
genre. The end impressed both the reader and writer in me to the fullest.
Ashvamedha is a fast paced book, which you
won’t want to put down before finishing, but you will do sometimes. There is a
tiny lack of editing – sometimes the sentences end without any punctuation mark
– but then it is okay, because the language is gripping. The sentences are not
difficult to understand and comprehend but at the same time, very professional.
I suggest this book to everyone who is
thinking to pick up a thriller right now. This book doesn’t disappoint. In the
middle, somewhere, the book confuses a bit, but that is not a negative point,
given the climax that left me shuddered.
This book gets a five star from me.
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