Heartquake | Book Review

Heartquake

Author: K. Vijayakarthikeyan

Pages: 160

Publisher: Rupa Publications India

‘Heartquake’ by K. Vijayakarthikeyan is a thriller book and is the story of IAS Vikram a twenty seven year old from Delhi. The story begins with Rakesh who is trying to run away from Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. Rakesh has the dream of becoming a stand-up comedian but somehow feels like he is stuck in a jail and needs to run away to fulfil this dream of his. But, Vikram finds him and convinces him to give up his idea of running and getting back to the academy.

                Later comes our antagonist Rudra Pratap Rana (RPR) the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh who is invited as a special guest and Vikram has been instructed to take an interview of him. But Vikram and his friends have some other some plans. They all decide to expose RPR and accordingly Rakesh records the interview and also goes live on the social media in which IPS Vikram was abashing the minister and spoiled the ministers image.

                To take his revenge RPR sent his goons to devastate Vikrant’s family and instead of getting him suspended the minsters gets him posted in his own village i.e. Laxmipur as the sub-divisional magistrate in order to torment him of his doings.

When all of this is going on in Vikram’s life all of a sudden there’s a new challenge that has hit the city and our IPS. The challenge of mysterious mass heart attack the causes of which is not known to anyone. The cases are very rare there are mass heart attacks with bleeding from eyes which are reported from all over the city. Vikram puts all his efforts in solving the mystery along with Veda, Raghu and Ahmed. Will IPS Vikram be successful in solving the mystery? What could be the cause of this heart attack? To know more read Heartquake by K. Vijayakarthikeyan.

My Thoughts:

     The plot of the story is amazing. The plot would keep the readers to know what is happening in the coming pages. I would definitely say that this is a page turner. The story has everything for the readers thrill, humour and tasks which will give the readers a feel that a complete movie is playing in front of their eyes. The story is fast paced but justifies the whole scenario in the book.

     The characters are very much real. While reading the book the readers might encounter a few characters that they might relate to.

     Loved the writing style of the author. The story is written in a simple and lucid language. The writing style of the author is very engaging and will keep the readers on the edge throughout the book.

     Overall, I loved the book and would surely recommend it to all the readers. Looking forward to read more books from the author.

My Rating: 5/5 

Disclaimer: I received this book from VInfluencers in return for my honest review.