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Krishna: The Sovereign of 2050
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Will the earth forgive us for what we left behind? Will it not choose to stab us in the back, reason being we assaulted her for decades?
The Climate Change is the reason oceans are rising 8 inches per year, the global carbon content is higher than it has been in a million years. Will we really be able to step over all this?
Hope you’ll love this journey as much as I do.
Young Krishna, a fifteen year old, boy living in Vrindavan with Nanda, the greatest scientist of the era, ask these questions to himself. Stranger to J.A.R.A, a programme desperate to wipe the footprint of any human ever existed.
Looking for someone starting young? A Nolan might grasp your attention. A 1997 born writer, reader, meditator and science geek.
128 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 24, 2018
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March 28, 2018
An outcome of author’s creativity. Lord Krishna in 2040! Ever thought of it?
The lord is still the same, the family is same but the surrounding is different, the world in 2040, is indeed different.
Lord Krishna dealing with computing, coding, nuclear lab, robots and other modern technologies of the era, makes the plot stand out from the rest. But, the purpose of Krishna still lies in serving humanity, which, the author has nailed.
‘Guilt’ is found to be central theme of the plot and with past and present sequences, the story unfurls in an interesting way. The setting of the story varies with scenes and situations which includes Vrindavan, Mathura, Africa and so. The part where Krishna is trained by Sandipani and Radha is my favourite.
The narration is good with the use of technical explanation at certain place and one may get the story on keen reading rather on skimming. Chapter Division and few more editing will make it more better.
The lord is still the same, the family is same but the surrounding is different, the world in 2040, is indeed different.
Lord Krishna dealing with computing, coding, nuclear lab, robots and other modern technologies of the era, makes the plot stand out from the rest. But, the purpose of Krishna still lies in serving humanity, which, the author has nailed.
‘Guilt’ is found to be central theme of the plot and with past and present sequences, the story unfurls in an interesting way. The setting of the story varies with scenes and situations which includes Vrindavan, Mathura, Africa and so. The part where Krishna is trained by Sandipani and Radha is my favourite.
The narration is good with the use of technical explanation at certain place and one may get the story on keen reading rather on skimming. Chapter Division and few more editing will make it more better.
March 5, 2018
Concept is okay. Central theme has potential. Needs editing.
Full review on kitaabikhazana.blogspot.com
Full review on kitaabikhazana.blogspot.com
March 13, 2018
(Review copy sent by author.)
I was sure of giving this book one-star up until now, but now I think it deserves two-stars solely for the reason that there is potentially a great story hidden somewhere in this mess of a book.
Krishna, the sovereign of 2050, is the story of Lord Krishna set in the future and revolves around a bunch of characters known to us from Indian Mythology (Vasudev, Devaki, Yashoda, Radha, Balram, etc.) put in a sci-fi modern age spin-off of the life of Krishna, the Indian God.
Unlike what I have seen usually, this book did not have a promising start whatsoever. In fact, it started very abruptly and it was difficult to make head or tales of the story-line or of the characters for the initial 10-15 pages. Thankfully, things soon started falling into some semblance of order, piquing my interest, albeit just by a slim margin. However, the narrative continued to shift so abruptly from chapter to chapter and the language and editing was so bad, I can almost guarantee that I would have never finished this book had it not been a review copy.
Briefly, this is what the book is about: Krishna, our protagonist, is faced with a much technologically advanced opponent, J.A.R.A., and it is pertinent for the survival of mankind that Krishna destroys this half-robot, half-man. In his quest to discover a means of defeating the 'hi-tech monster', he encounters a series of hurdles (that he obviously manages to sway past) and revelations that far from blow your mind, ultimately reaching his goal.
What did not work for me:
1. The language: It made me cry, honestly. Cringe-worthy, to say the least. The book is so riddles with grammatical errors, I lost track of it after first 2-3 pages itself. Every line needs editing, and that too not just once. Punctuation is all over the place. Commas and periods and colons and semi-colons are dropped wherever and whenever. Writing is BAD. In terms of language, I am certain I have reached a new low with this book. To top it all, homonyms are so badly misplaced, it's just very very sad. [write/right, weather/whether, teaser/taser (It took me a LONG while to get through this part of the book because I, for the life of me, could not understand what was being talked about.), Brahman/Brahman]
2. The abruptness: The story does not flow, it jumps. Keeping the plot in mind, I think this book should have easily been around twice the number of pages it is right now. The characters can be sketched better, the story needs more build-up as well as background. This seems like a first draft, a beta version.
3. The reference to climate change: It did not fit in, not after the initial chapters at least. The background was there, there was some mention in and around the plot, but that's the best it gets. Removing this particular segment from the story, in my opinion, would not hamper it significantly. However, I am of the opinion that building on it can bring about a sea change in the quality of the book and the depth of the content.
Why two stars: For the effort that the author has made. With guidance and patience, this seems like a potentially bestselling story that has gotten lost in haste. The writing standard does not make the task for the reader any easier. A second round of putting flesh on this skeleton that the author has gotten here can work wonders, albeit if the build-up is coherent and the content is polished in terms of editing.
I was sure of giving this book one-star up until now, but now I think it deserves two-stars solely for the reason that there is potentially a great story hidden somewhere in this mess of a book.
Krishna, the sovereign of 2050, is the story of Lord Krishna set in the future and revolves around a bunch of characters known to us from Indian Mythology (Vasudev, Devaki, Yashoda, Radha, Balram, etc.) put in a sci-fi modern age spin-off of the life of Krishna, the Indian God.
Unlike what I have seen usually, this book did not have a promising start whatsoever. In fact, it started very abruptly and it was difficult to make head or tales of the story-line or of the characters for the initial 10-15 pages. Thankfully, things soon started falling into some semblance of order, piquing my interest, albeit just by a slim margin. However, the narrative continued to shift so abruptly from chapter to chapter and the language and editing was so bad, I can almost guarantee that I would have never finished this book had it not been a review copy.
Briefly, this is what the book is about: Krishna, our protagonist, is faced with a much technologically advanced opponent, J.A.R.A., and it is pertinent for the survival of mankind that Krishna destroys this half-robot, half-man. In his quest to discover a means of defeating the 'hi-tech monster', he encounters a series of hurdles (that he obviously manages to sway past) and revelations that far from blow your mind, ultimately reaching his goal.
What did not work for me:
1. The language: It made me cry, honestly. Cringe-worthy, to say the least. The book is so riddles with grammatical errors, I lost track of it after first 2-3 pages itself. Every line needs editing, and that too not just once. Punctuation is all over the place. Commas and periods and colons and semi-colons are dropped wherever and whenever. Writing is BAD. In terms of language, I am certain I have reached a new low with this book. To top it all, homonyms are so badly misplaced, it's just very very sad. [write/right, weather/whether, teaser/taser (It took me a LONG while to get through this part of the book because I, for the life of me, could not understand what was being talked about.), Brahman/Brahman]
2. The abruptness: The story does not flow, it jumps. Keeping the plot in mind, I think this book should have easily been around twice the number of pages it is right now. The characters can be sketched better, the story needs more build-up as well as background. This seems like a first draft, a beta version.
3. The reference to climate change: It did not fit in, not after the initial chapters at least. The background was there, there was some mention in and around the plot, but that's the best it gets. Removing this particular segment from the story, in my opinion, would not hamper it significantly. However, I am of the opinion that building on it can bring about a sea change in the quality of the book and the depth of the content.
Why two stars: For the effort that the author has made. With guidance and patience, this seems like a potentially bestselling story that has gotten lost in haste. The writing standard does not make the task for the reader any easier. A second round of putting flesh on this skeleton that the author has gotten here can work wonders, albeit if the build-up is coherent and the content is polished in terms of editing.
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