Vismay's Updates en-US Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:34:13 -0700 60 Vismay's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7496199126 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:34:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Vismay added 'The Empty Grave']]> /review/show/7496199126 The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud Vismay gave 4 stars to The Empty Grave (Lockwood & Co., #5) by Jonathan Stroud
Finished a series after a long time. Fun stuff. ]]> Rating846511165 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:24:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Vismay Harani liked a review]]> /
Vismay liked Umang Jethva's review of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness:
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
"A must read for all parents and teachers raising this new generation of young ones!"
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3.5 stars

A breezy, fun book! ]]> Comment289277623 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:45:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Vismay commented on Vismay's review of Byomkesh Bakshi Stories]]> /review/show/7471615752 Vismay's review of Byomkesh Bakshi Stories
by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

Maybe there are other better stories - but I couldn’t see Byomkesh’s skill getting employed in this collection. I too was disappointed. ]]> Review7471615752 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:35:09 -0700 <![CDATA[Vismay added 'Byomkesh Bakshi Stories']]> /review/show/7471615752 Byomkesh Bakshi Stories by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Vismay gave 2 stars to Byomkesh Bakshi Stories (Paperback) by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Stories with minor plot-twists. Byomkesh Bakshi is called Sherlock Holmes of Bengal - after reading this book - I can definitely vouch for the fact that he is from Bengal. But to compare him to Sherlock Holmes is to stretch the truth, on a massive scale. Another hyped up character from the East of the country. ]]> Review7453850090 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:03:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Vismay added 'The Creeping Shadow']]> /review/show/7453850090 The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud Vismay gave 4 stars to The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood & Co., #4) by Jonathan Stroud
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Vismay liked Umang Jethva's review of Saga, Volume 12:
Saga, Volume 12 by Brian K. Vaughan
]]> Review7426764354 Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:07:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Vismay added 'Killing Floor']]> /review/show/7426764354 Killing Floor by Lee Child Vismay gave 5 stars to Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1) by Lee Child
Thoroughly satisfied reading this one! As satisfying as it was watching the show!

Child is no Connelly, but I started with a bad book. I should have always started with the ‘Killing Floor� to judge Lee’s real measure.

It is fun and satisfying on so many levels. ]]> Review7361644379 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:46:53 -0800 <![CDATA[Vismay added 'Resurrection Walk']]> /review/show/7361644379 Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly Vismay gave 5 stars to Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7; Harry Bosch Universe, #38) by Michael Connelly
Now this is better! A single case - razor sharp focus, exciting courtroom drama, constant bickering between Haller and Bosch, a decent mystery and loads of fun!

Bosch is a curmudgeon, you don’t make him nice and polite - like he is to Ballard. That signature irascibility is what is lacking during his outing with Ballard.

He doesn’t cut any slack to Haller. It’s fun to watch! Loved this one! ]]> Review7283306175 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 08:14:49 -0800 <![CDATA[Vismay added 'House Atreides']]> /review/show/7283306175 House Atreides by Brian Herbert Vismay gave 4 stars to House Atreides (Prelude to Dune, #1) by Brian Herbert
A mysterious woman in a veil, coyly and grudgingly revealing her secrets - withholding more than she gives out. This is how Frank Herbert writes his Dune books or at least the first two that I read. I was forced to read passages again, tried hard in gleaning the meaning from the text - so much so that I felt satisfied at the end of the ride, with a dull headache reminding me that I had not understood it all.

Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson have no such pretence. A skimpily clad Sports Illustrated model seems to be their muse - their writing hides nothing and explains everything in great detail - even minor plot points that can have been left on the editor’s chopping table.

Though I do believe this book is a romping space adventure. It’s fun and tedious in equal parts. But the mystery is all but gone - making the world of Dune no less enjoyable, but definitely less intriguing.

P.S.: I knew that Harkonnens killed people at their whims and fancies, but were they so mindless and comical in their endeavour to do so? How does Rabban survive when he is utterly stupid? ]]>