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What a creepy book! (In the good way). This is not the type of book to read right before going to bed. I really enjoyed the collection of stories. They were short enough to be completed in one sitting, but long enough that they were nicely detailed. The twists were fantastic! I didn't see them coming and was genuinely shocked at points. The book contains 13 (don't think I missed that little reference!) stories of the paranormal, and each one is an absolutely delight. If you like the type of book that leaves you creeped out and breathless, this is the book for you.


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The Other Side Vivek Banerjee Faraaz Kazi 9789350880760 Books Reviews

PS I received the copy for a review blog tour

The Other Side is a collection of thirteen stories each with different paranormal activities and if you include the awesome Prelude and Epilogue you'll get 15 awesome (in creepy way) stories.

Each story is different from other. If one had tortured but good souls other had the most ruthless killer, if one was come unknown creature other was a loving and innocent soul of a motherless child and so on.

I lost into the book right from page one (i.e Prelude) where our main characters are both the authors who are trying to brainstorm a theme for their new book. And then the stories. I am going to share my feedback on each story

1. That Fateful Night (4/5) This was a very nice start to the book. The story is about an aged couple who died century ago when no one stood up to help them. It shows us the good side of the "other" world. I also liked the hidden message in the story- never neglect old people in our surrounding.

2. The Long Weekend (2.5/5) The start was interesting with all the planchette reading and Ouija board but I was lost, confused towards the end. I could not understand what happened (but maybe its just dumb me ;) ).

3. The Man Who Did Not Fear (5/5) This was my favorite. It made me shiver, had my heart beat faster and I had goosebumps even after finishing the story. It was awesomely filled with horror which left me sweating in this biting cold. It is about a college guy who considered himself fearless and agreed to stay in an old hunted house for a night when his friends offered him cash as a bet.

4. Strangers In the Night (4/5) Nicely written story that surprised me at the climax. It had the perfect start with a guy giving lift to a beautiful girl who was standing outside the cemetery.*SPOILER* All along the story I thought that 'bad guy' was the girl and then bam! it was other way around- you are introduced to the famous paranormal creature the Handsome Werewolf. (So ladies be careful before taking that lift just make sure you are not with some sickeningly handsome werewolf ;) ) *SPOILER END*

5. The Muse Comes Calling (5/5) Another awesomely superb story with the amazing theme. It features a guy named Abhijit Mukherjee who has become a bestselling author. What Happens when the characters you created comes to life? And they didn't at all liked the way you told their story?
Wanna know? Read this story and you'll get all your answers *evil smile*

6. The Lady In The Pub (3/5) It was a nice story but was not horrifyingly creepy which could make me excite or jump. It is story about a girl who never got the love of her life and now she comes searching for him periodically.

7. A Mother's Love (3.5/5) It was a sweet paranormal story. It have a couple who longed to have a child but for some unexplained reasons couldn't, it has a old bungalow from British India period and cute ghost of a little boy who was motherless since his birth. I liked how the authors interconnected the events in the story and gave us such a nice ending.

8. Red Bangles (2/5) It was an ok read. A 'stay in the background kind of teenager' boy who felt an instant attraction towards his new classmate and then the rejection and then finally the extreme step of kidnapping her but with a paranormal touch. I don't think it was strong theme for a paranormal story.

9. The Mark of The Beast (3.5/5) Nice read but didn't had anything new. The story was very similar to various tales popular among old people. A cursed creature and his encounter cursing the people who came across him giving them a fate harsh then death.

10. The Mystery Lake (5/5) It was based on the folklore related to the famous Roopkund Lake. I stumbled across the folklore few months back and since then have been attracted to the mysterious place. And reading about the same story with an another angle was superb experience and it was almost believable to me .

11. Possession (3/5) It was an amazing story but I found it similar to the movie 'The Exorcist'. Had I not seen the movie, I am sure I would have surely liked to read the story and would have been scared to the core.

12. Unfulfilled Desires (4/5) It was a bit common theme of a back stabbing lover who killed his so called love and made people think that it was a suicide leaving the girl dead with 'unfulfilled desires'. But the way authors weaved the mystery and made our protagonist solve the mystery was amazing.

13. Dream Girl (4/5) *shudders* This was really creepy. It had a psychotic killer who is making some kind of 'creation- his creation'. While reading it I recalled the movie The Silence of The Lambs and shivered imagining all the gory killings. *shakes of that creepy feeling*

EPILOGUE It was the perfect ending. It felt amazing to read about Bhangarh (another place which I have find very facinating) Having heard so much about the place and living just 80kms from the place I have always wished to visit it and I hope my father takes me there soon.

OVERALL the book was nicely written, with amazing detail and with almost imagery language, which made it more fun (in horror kind of way) to read it. It was an wonderful experience and had raised my interest in the genre.

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As said in the blurb “The Other Side” is a collection of 13 stories, that have ghosts, spirits, paranormal activity and chilling action lined up for the readers. Probably the USP of the collection is that it has the stories of both the good spirits and the bad spirits. Yeah you read it right , the good spirits that might not harm any one and if you are lucky might even empathize with you and the evil ones that might not even tolerate one’s presence in their arena. The book also portrays the karmic cycle in a very good way.

The stories , “The Fateful night”, “The unfulfilled desire”, “The Lady in the Pub” , “A Mother’s love” and “The Mystery Lake” do have spirits and paranormal activity in them but you would more or less empathize with the characters, the story line would be slightly predictable and you too would be pleasantly surprised as you see spirits and the paranormal activity in a completely different shade.

The stories “Possession”, “The Mark of the Beast”, “Strangers in the Night”, “The Long weekend”, “The Man who did not fear” are real must-reads for the twists they have. Even a seasoned reader will not be able to predict the twists and the stories would keep you glued to the book. My personal favorite here is the story “The Long weekend” , awesome twist that makes you pause, think & rethink before you absorb it correctly.

The stories “Red Bangles”, “The Muse comes home” and “Dream girl” were the creepiest ones to me, the ideas seemed totally new and the twists and turns did drive a chill through the spine. Real different imagination by the authors, I was speechless after reading them.

Very very good use of the language, depicting and narrating horror is not the easiest of the things to do (just imagine how bland stuff like evil dead would have sounded when you remove the audio visual part of it.) . Faraaz and Vivek did a fantabulous job with the narration. I also loved the words they used, every story was ostentatiously ornated with awesome words. I loved the English I read.

Another good thing about these stories is that they donot go by the normal haunted house and damsel in distress sort of regular and predictable plots, they offer the reader some refreshingly different perspectives of things and cover a lot number of places, from the back waters of Kerala to the busy roads in Mumbai and from there to the himalayan foothills in garhwal you visit different places and see different paranormal activity.

The book has a lot of trekking in it. I think it more or less reflects the authors love for trekking. The way they went on to describe the details of treks and mountains really appealed to me, I liked it. I also liked the way some of the stories bring up the law of karma, it is one subject that appeals to me and I loved the way the authors related the things.

I do not have any qualms about the book, except that some of the stories do feel slightly lengthy, but given the fact that they keep you glued to the book. It is not much of a trouble.

All in all a wonderful read , do pick it up and you are going to enjoy it.
I got this book based on how many good reviews it had but they are all fake. This is the most boring book I have ever read. Each story drags and drags then the end 'twist' is just a joke leaving you feel ripped off having committed 15 minutes to the dragging soap opera, mindless conversation of the characters. There is more fear in a Simpsons Itchy and Scratchy episode.
What a creepy book! (In the good way). This is not the type of book to read right before going to bed. I really enjoyed the collection of stories. They were short enough to be completed in one sitting, but long enough that they were nicely detailed. The twists were fantastic! I didn't see them coming and was genuinely shocked at points. The book contains 13 (don't think I missed that little reference!) stories of the paranormal, and each one is an absolutely delight. If you like the type of book that leaves you creeped out and breathless, this is the book for you.