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BOOK REVIEW

PET SEMATARY

This book was one of the finest creations from the Horror master Stephen
King, as the author himself mentioned in an interview, this book was delayed
an year because he himself was scared of his creation.
This story can be interpreted as a storm where, it’s the most calm before the
This story can be interpreted as a storm where, it’s the most calm before the
show-down begins. Pet Sematary begins with the wonderful family of Creeds,
moving into a new city, Ludlow. Living his life as a decent, talented doctor,
with a beautiful family. Everything goes well and really smooth, until he
inherits a blood-chilling secret in the woods behind his house. The secrets
from time immemorial, before the Mic-Macs (A Native American tribe). His
plunge into insanity begins with the death of his cat. And many incidents
orchestrated
orchestrated by some unknown power, which even held the lives of his family and his friends in the
line of its Wake. The incidents that occur in this book not only makes the characters but also the
readers realize that Sometimes Dead is better. The story balances the hardships one faces in his/her
life, the regretful decisions, the love for one’s family, and the fact of facing his/her fears, and exposes
the flaws in us as Humans. The presence of some greater power, evil it might be, good it might be,
is emphasized strongly in this book. The curiosity and the suspense turns the pages themselves.
Overall a great, electrifying read.
A review by Anirudh Chidambaram
III YEAR, EEE

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

This is a classic book written by Agatha Christie
who was known as “The Queen of Crime” as a result of writing so many
successful detective novels.
The story features Monsieur Hercule Poirot, a clever, logical, Belgian pri-
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vate detective with an elaborate, waxed moustache. It was written and is
set in the 1930s, so some of the language and expressions are old fash-
ioned and there are quite a lot of French phrases spoken by Poirot. At the
start of the story, Poirot is at a hotel in Turkey, after finishing a case, is sit-
ting down to dinner when he notices an American tourist who he observes
has the eyes of an animal and an air of evil about him. The next day on the
Orient Express, the same man requests that Poirot takes on his case as he
says that his life is in danger. However, Poirot refuses despite the man (named Ratchett) offering
him a huge amount of money. When Ratchett asks why, Poirot says it is because he doesn’t like
his face!
During the night, Poirot hears strange noises from other compartments in the carriage and the
next morning he discovers that Ratchett has been murdered in his compartment, by being
stabbed twelve times. The head of the train company Monsieur Bouc, who is also travelling on
the train, asks Poirot to investigate and so the story continues with Poirot interviewing all the pas-
sengers travelling in the same carriage as Ratchett – and having to work out, which statements
are true and which are false. I thought that it was interesting to read an old fashioned, classic de-
tective novel. The book was incredibly well-plotted and left you admiring the writer’s skill in
showing how clever her detective was to uncover the mystery. I enjoyed the surprising twist at
the end too. I would recommend this book to those who enjoy detective stories.
A review by Prasanna Rahavendra A
III YEAR, CSE
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