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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Magnum Opus of my favourite author! How excited I was to start this book and how happy I am after reading it! This monster of a book was originally in three parts but was later converted into one book for readers' convenience. This book tells stories of Aomame and Tengo and how mere handholding at the age of ten set off events in a butterfly effect. This also contains parallel storylines of supporting characters. This book is for saturated Murakami lovers and they will truly savour it. It doesn't bore you a bit. As per my experience, Murakami books should not be read for the conclusion but for the enjoyment of its prose. Murakami books almost always end on a slightly happy note, and that doesn't break your heart. There are so many things that are constant in every Murakami novel, like cats and good music. I'm looking forward to reading all of Murakami's remaining novels.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
After reading Batman: Year One and The Killing Joke, which were short issues, this one was a proper novel and boy did it blow my mind. One of the best storylines I have read till date. Batman is old and tired and slower but he's still batman. This book gives batman a human touch it so needed. One of the best things I love about batman is that he's a human; a normal human with honed abilities and what better way to show that than he's also affected by aging as all of us. Still, the spirit remains, the fight remains. This one is one of the darkest batman comics I have read, besides the killing joke. End of the days, death, sorrow, rage, duty and fear! All hail batman!
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Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I had heard a lot about this comic. After reading it, I am floored. This is not a Batman comic; it's a Joker comic. This comes very near to the quality of 'The Dark Knight' movie. Comics like these make us question the purpose of it all and makes a rational argument in favour of insanity. Joker is one of the most followed cult figures. In a comic book, you don't write everything down. Half the work is done by sketches and this book is by far one of the best in those terms.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
There are books which feel like textbooks of philosophy and then there are books which you don't want to finish just because of the simplicity of its philosophy. This was one of the latter. The anachronistic storyline is very simple yet dark and it oozes the greatest and simplest philosophies of life. Milan Kundera is a master storyteller. Dealing with Czechoslovakia, communist regime, suppressed artists, physical attractions, love and loss, nudity and kitsch, the theory about human shit; this book hits all spot one wants. Totally worth all the hype it gets.
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The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions by Scott Adams
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is a serious contender for the wittiest book I have ever read. I heard about Dilbert from my teacher. I had come across Dilbert before, but never gave it a serious thought. Now, with my newfound interest in comics, cartoons and graphic novels, I decided to give this book a try. It was one of the best reading discoveries. Scott Adams's writing is an example of sheer brilliance. As I'm pursuing MBA and this book deals with every anomaly there is in corporate life, I instantly got connected to it. Even though this book quotes a lot of corporate jargon, I'll recommend it to everyone who finds funny anomalies in everyday life.
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The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I started this book after hearing and reading so much about it. It was worth the praise it gets. a poignant saga of WW2 survivor and his relation with his sun. How a war messes you up and what you have to go through even in best case scenario i.e being alive. Loved its very raw sketches.
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Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is my third book of Mr Insane Vonnegut and he lives upto all the expectations. On every page, I wonder how he brings up these ideas which, for a normal guy, is a complete blabber. But when you really take your time to read and re-read his lines, you realize what a marvel this man is. It takes genius to make such a concoction of crazy ideas and put it down on paper in such a coherent way! And what a nihilistic ending to it! This man, along with Mr Murakami, are now my official favorite writers.
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