Saturday 17 October 2015

Book Review- S.O.A.R by Abir Mukherjee


Title: S.O.A.R- Success over Adversity Reigns
Author- Abir Mukherjee
Book type- paperback
Rating: ****/*****(4/5)

About the Author- Abir Mukherjee was born and brought up in Bardhaman, a small town of West Bengal. He is currently based in U.S.A having completed more than 8 years as an IT professional. He has completed his B.E in computer science and engineering in 2005 and started working in different software MNC’s. “S.O.A.R” is his second novel. Blackbuck publication has published his first novel, ‘As Life Has No Undo’.
About The book- I got this book from Author Paradise. Thank you, Tushti Bhatia. I was sleeping at my room when this book arrived. I had heard from social networking that the book is good and so on, but I never bothered to read it. It was a lazy afternoon and I thought—“let’s have a look at it”. I started to read it, and trust me, I couldn’t put down the book till its end…and it’s not just about the fact that the storyline and the plot is unique, and the narration was also good, but due to the similarities it struck with my life and my other 3 friends at my college. We 4 people are also aspiring for having a startup in our future, so did the characters in the book. But the coincidence does not finish here, the main twist is—the idea of the startup that was narrated in the book, that is, an interactive website for schools—schoolyard, was just as similar to our idea of starting up (except, we are going to do it for colleges). Therefore the storyline of the whole novel was actually related to our lives. I got this book almost a month before, I usually don’t take much time to read a book, and I read it in just 3 days, but I wanted my friends to have a read of this great book. So technically, you can consider it as a review of four people. And Abir sir, if you are reading this, then you would be happy to know that you’ve earned four new fans that also happen to be future entrepreneurs.

Pros of the book:
·        The plot and the storyline was something out of the box. You don’t see a novel focusing around startups coming out every day. The story was not about how successful an idea could be, but it was about what sacrifices you have to do when you stand by that idea. (If it includes the love of your life too).
      ·        The language was simple and crisp, easy to understand and the words seem to fit the situation completely.
      ·        Characters of Uday, Adhyayan were beautifully portrayed and every conversation of them fits the scene.


Cons of the book:
Ø Cover of the book could be much better as a lot of people purchase a book on the basis of their cover.
Ø Sneha’s character could be drawn to some more detail.
Ø Some spelling mistakes and typos are there but as an author myself, I can understand that happening here and there, but it really needs to be checked.

Overall this book is a must read for everyone who wants to do what they believe in, pick up this book, and you will not be disappointed.


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