The Watchmaker and Time | Book Review

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The Watchmaker and Time
Author: Devang Kanavia
Pages: 118
Publisher: Embassy Book Distributors


‘The Watchmaker and Time’ is a story of Pedro and his love for watches. Pedro’s love for watches was born out of a strange incident back from his childhood. And since then he was so engrossed in watches that he soon became one of the renowned watch designers in the world and came to be known as ‘the Maestro of Time’. One day his granddaughter challenges him about the fundamentals of time. Unable to answer her innocent questions he is put to think that he’s been creating watches all his life but never really understood what time actually is. To know the answers to his questions he sets on to a journey to know what is time exactly. Will he be successful in finding the answers to his questions? To know this read The Watchmaker and Time.

My Thoughts:

I 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. The story is very interesting and will keep the readers on edge. The story is fast paced which makes the story even more interesting.

The characters are well written and well developed. I loved Maria and Pedro’s character a lot. Maria is very cute and she is curious into knowing how things work. Pedro is also very understanding and very patiently answers to all her questions. Maria’s curious questions leads Pedro to this quest. The story is very enlightening and would answers some of the questions that we all have in our mind regarding time.
I overall loved the book and I am sure it will keep the readers engrossed till the end. I would surely recommend this book to someone who looking to read something short.

My Rating: 4/5

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