Book Review
FREEDOM by JNK
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| Freedom by JNK |
Author: JNK
ISBN: 978-1646787821
Genre: Children’s
Crime & Thriller
Length: 245 Pages
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About the author:
JNK is the pen name of the author. Born and brought up in Chandigarh, she comes from a middle-class family. She studied at Punjab University, Chandigarh. Writing stories has always been her passion, but the wings to her passion were given to her by her daughter and her father. Apart from writing, she enjoys travelling and cooking.
Instagram: @jnk129
REVIEW
Freedom by JNK is a ‘Children’s Crime & Thriller’ book
addressing a few serious subjects with very plain writing and a simple plot. The
book contains two parts, Human Trafficking and Encounter with Soul. The first
part is narrated in first person POV by the main character, Honey. And likewise
in the second part by Rasbeen. Talking about the writing style, it really needs
work because there are numerous grammatical and formatting errors which really wouldn’t
go well with children’s linguistics. However, it is like informal and smooth that one couldn’t stop reading despite all these issues. Apart from that, the
author has tried to be very vulnerable about telling sentiments of the
protagonists which is good as long as it conveys the seriousness of the matter,
but not while mentioning the same element as often as done in this book rather
showing why one should feel what they are feeling. The author has put out every
little detail there, which I think can be proven good.
The book is set in Ahmedabad where a huge human trafficking racket
is active. They perform all the illegal activities with the help of their international
network and some local fraudsters. And the women and children of underprivileged
communities become their victims. Honey is working for a famous detective when
she receives one such case of disappearance. The second part depicts the struggles
of a young student, the agonies and spiral of thoughts when one is compelled to
perform best in order to survive this unfair world with no other choice. The
author succeeded in connecting through those vulnerable main characters and
suggested that something is very wrong with this humankind.
About the plot, it really kept me to the edge of my seat as
it was interesting and I couldn’t wait to discover how the protagonist would
deal with the situation. She was in danger and part of a much greater plan. I
cared about the main character as she connected directly through personal
diary-like writing. However, it ended rather abruptly without any conflict. And
about the second part, the conception was excellent but again the execution
could have been better.
Like any other book, this also had pros and cons. What I
really liked was how the author connected through this vulnerable narration despite flawed writing style and hooked me till the end.
Happy Reading!
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