Man and Madness Review: You'll love it to pieces, or hate it to the core

Book: Man and Madness
Author: Parna Banerjee Sarkar
Publisher: All About Books Global
Genre: Romance in prose-poetry style
Number of pages: 110
Price: Rs 150

 

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Ratings:

Cover design- 3.5 out of 5

Quality of paper- 4 out of 5

Value for money- 3 out of 5 (marginally overpriced for a 110-page book despite the inclusion of several illustrations)

Saleability- 2.5 out of 5 (in spite of having good quality, lack of big name and absence of marketing account for low saleability)

Narrative and overall review- 3 out of 5

Review:  

You will love this book if you love romance, and you will hate this book if you hate mush. 

You will love this book if you appreciate poetry, and you will hate this book if poems turn you off. 

You will love this book if you get sold before emotions, and you will hate this book if you are indifferent to sentiments. 

You will love this book if you are romantic, and you will hate this book if you are cynical. 

You will love this book if you love fantasising, and you will hate this book if you are a hardcore realist. 

You will love this book if you love rain, and you will hate this book if you grunt when it drizzles. 

You will love this book if you respect art, and you will hate this book if you look for plot. 

You will love this book if you like abstract adjectives, and you will hate this book if you hate convoluted sentences. 

You will love this book if you loved 'Guzaarish' or 'Lootera', and you will hate this book if you loved 'Dabangg'. 

You will love this book if you have been in love, and you will hate this book if you hate love stories. 

You will love this book if you can empathise with a lover's pain, and you will hate this book if you rarely smile. 

You will love this book if you can sit through a broken man's soliloquy, and you will hate this book if you prefer conventional narration. 

You will love this book if you are a girl, and you will hate this book if you are a guy. 

You will love this book if you are ruled by your heart, and you will hate this book if you are run by your brain. 

You will love this book if you crave for intriguingly knitted passages, and you will hate this book if you are looking for a casual read. 

You will love this book if you can accept prose in the form of poetry, and you will hate this book if you cannot. 

            You will love this book if you prefer depth, and you will hate this book if you prefer breadth.

Penned by author Parna Banerjee Sarkar, 'Man and Madness' is a book which you will love to pieces or hate to the core.

Ritesh