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Rating: 3.5/5 Buy From Amazon.in Title:  The Second Coming: A Love Story Author: Scott Pinsker Genre: Fiction, History, Religious Pages: 238 Publisher: Scott Pinsker Publishing ASIN: B00KT6B3G0 Let me begin by saying that this is my very first 'requested' review.I received a free copy of this book from Scott Pinsker, the author, and was asked for my honest opinion. So here goes. The story is about two people, Joe and Israel, both claiming to be Jesus Christ. They are here to save mankind from the apocalypse and are forming their own group of followers for the same. But in reality, one of them is Satan. Both Joe and Israel, convince people to believe in them by presenting their own divine perspectives which, by the way, are totally opposite. The book is about how each of them represent their school of thought, one very modern and liberal, while the other with conventional theories of Christianity. When...

Rating: 3.5/5 Title:  Half Girlfriend Author: Chetan Bhagat Genre: Fiction, Romance Pages: 268 Publisher: Rupa Publication India ISBN-13:  9788129135728 I missed out on reading Revolution 2020 , Chetan Bhagat's previous book. So, I decided to preorder this one and as predicted, it was at my doorstep on the 1st of October, delivered by the ever efficient, Flipkart. Moving on from my ramblings, on to the summary. The story begins with Chetan Bhagat narrating about a visit he makes to Patna where he meets, Madhav, a forlorn lover who urges the author to read what looks like journals of his dead girlfriend (or half girlfriend, as he describes her). Our author is intrigued and asks Madhav to narrate his love story. Riya, the girl in question, is from a rich and flamboyant background who joins college, where she meets Madhav, whose English in nowhere near perfect due to his educational background. Their common love for basketball brings them closer but since Riya...