In the pursuit of satisfying a reader’s quest for what he or she really hopes to read in a book, there are some authors who manage to give their books identities which are bigger than their own. The Casual Vacancy is definitely not one of these. However, one must remember that neither Sherlock Holmes or for [...]
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The Harry Potter Predicament
I firmly believe that Harry Potter has been one of the greatest things to have happened to the literary world in the 21st century. The books were not merely words written on a piece of paper; they were a lot, lot more. They defined an entire generation – just as the greybeards proudly proclaim theirs [...]
Review: Deathly Hallows (Part 2)
The journey that began nearly a decade ago has finally come to an end with the release of the eighth and the final installment of the multibillion movie franchise. Kicking right off from where Part 1 ended, Voldy Moldy now possesses the all-powerful ‘Elder Wand’ and continues with his reign of terror. With Snape replacing [...]
Genre: Bildungsroman
At the time when I read books like the Harry Potter series or the Inheritance Cycle (remember Eragon?), little did I know that these were actually the most common examples of the Bildungsroman genre for children. The Bildungsroman (Bil-doongs-rohman) genre refers to novels in which the protagonists “develops” or “matures” consistently till his regrets [...]
