City of Nine Gates | Book Review

City of Nine Gates

Author: Pankaj Rajput

Pages: 300 Pages

Publisher: Notion Press

‘City of Nine Gates’ by Pankaj Rajput is the story of Gyan and his journey towards wisdom. Gyan is a well established businessman and people admire him for his intelligence and work ethics. The journey to his success was not an easy task for him to reach the peak at which he is now. Gyan had keen interest in building and archaeology and during one of his archaeological expedition with his friend, he discovers a structure craved from a single type of stone and has resemblance with the fort. The craved structure is considered as a temple but somehow Gyan is not convinced that it is a mere temple and his curiosity leads him to further discovery which makes it clear that the structure is shaped like a crown which is cursed. What might have happened that made the structure cursed? Who will help to alleviate the curse and make the hidden city from the curse?

As the journey begins towards the mystery of the hidden city, Gyan is encountered with the various mysterious elements of the structure which are concealed. He discovers the truth behind the salvation  of great human figures like Buddha, Vidya, etc. and also how they in their own ways infused self-actualization and fulfilment in the people.

My Opinion:

I loved the cover of the book it would surely make the reader curious as to what is the book about. The writing style of the author is engaging, lucid (except for some Sanskrit words) and it is not too fast nor too slow. The readers will be engrossed in the story and keep the readers on the edge as to know what is coming next. The plot is very interesting with each page having some twists and surprises.

The characters are very good but there are too many characters which might make the readers a bit confused at times. The readers will be transported to the mysterious and hidden places of the temple. The book has a touch of spiritual, mystery, adventure making it a fun read.

I would recommend this book to people who are looking for some adventurous read.

My Rating: 4/5

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