Tarang

Overall this is a great book. You will especially enjoy this book if you are in the technology industry. Engineers, product management and designers, this book has something each of them will like.

Ken has written about his experiences in a very detailed way. I liked the fact that whenever there is a technical background required in any of his stories, Ken has spent a lot of effort in explaining the technical parts with nice analogies. Also, he has gone into detail about how the “demo” approach works wonders for product development.

Effectively this book is a 4.5/5.
I felt some parts of the book dragged on too much. It seemed that could be to match the publishers' minimum page requirements. Could have been an amazing 150 page book, but anyway, it's not a big deal.

A refreshing short read.

Blake Crouch is a master writer of Sci Fi page turners and this book proves it. It is no mean feat to have two consecutive books that are so good. A perfect follow up to the mind bending “Dark Matter”, this story lives up to the expectations that a Blake Crouch novel has.

It's a true page turner and is a great catalyst to get one back into the habit of reading. Just like Dark Matter, The Martian.

Talking about the plot, in the beginning, when the core scifi plot item is revealed, it does seem to be similar to Dark Matter, but it actually turns out to be really different.
Blake crouch's scifi always has a very human story and it's true in this one too.

I'm glad to read this one before the year ends(quick and easy addition to the Reading Challenge :p)

Very well written memoir of the author's years growing up in South Africa during and and majorly post apartheid.

Trevor Noah manages to tell many stories from his childhood. Some are quite emotional, some are inspiring and some are outright hilarious :) All of them are fun to read though.

Most of all, it is clear that Trevor's mother was the most important part of his childhood and the stories of their relationship in this book are really adorable.

The writing is quite smooth and the book never gets boring. Quick and enjoyable read. Definitely one of the must read autobiographies out there.

A gripping sci-fi read.

One my favorite books in this genre is The Martian by Andy Weir, if you've liked that book, I'm sure you'll like this one.

Just like human space exploration was slightly exaggerated in The Martian, this book exaggerates quantum physics to get its “science” part sorted. But, thats one part. The story includes themes of alternate reality, a love story, the power of choices, family, etc.

It's definitely in the “unputdownable” genre, very much like The Martian, with hardly any boring parts.

It's a little tough to get through the first 10-15% of the book, but it gets exponentially better after that. It took me about 2-3 days of occasional reading to get through the first 15%, but i managed to finish the rest in just 2 more days(To get an idea of my speed, it takes me 15-20 days on an average to finish one 500 page book)