Title : Helix
Authoress : Ishika
Kumar
Book Blurb : Aditi and Radha are sisters. They
have shifted to Mumbai along with their parents and rented the upper story of a
house from an old man.
During summer vacations, the girls decide to help the old man in his
cleaning and in lieu of it, they receive money from him. During the cleanup of
the drawing room, the girls discover a basement room. They decide to morph it
into their secret ‘Hangout Base’. They spot a trunk in there and venture to
find its key.
They find out that it is a trunk full of gold with the year branded on
the gold slabs. Radha and Aditi search the internet for this year and discover
that a major bank robbery had taken place in the same year. Radha realizes that
the picture of the robber attached is the same one she had found in a group
photograph in the man’s room. Aditi falls sick. Radha searches the man’s room
and finds that the old man is the robber himself and has undergone a facial
surgery to hide his identity. Radha immediately calls the police while Aditi
recovers and unaware of the happenings, tells the old man everything. The old
man tries to kill her, but the police arrives and saves the girls. The guilty
is taken into custody.
About the Authoress : Ishika Kumar is a student of eleventh
standard, in the City Montessori School, Lucknow. She likes reading books
especially the best sellers and well known series. Besides this, her hobbies
include writing poems, stories, playing tennis and badminton. She has learnt
classical dance for five years and is currently learning to play the guitar.
She has got a story published on Kindle. Her poems and essays have also been
published on websites of magazine “Robin Age”. Apart from this she has written
many more poems as a hobby from childhood. She dreams to be a scientist one day
to help the world to change for the better.
My View :
The book comprises of three stories
named – Helix, 1986, and Mystery of
Tanjore forest. The title of the book is simply the name of one of the
story residing in the book. The confusing cover of the book is not apprising much
about the tales which are whelming in the book. So, talking about the stories one by one.
1. Helix – It is a fantasy story. The story is
about three friends named Aaron, Winston and Amelia who are known as Alites. Alites
are the human beings who possess some unnatural powers. In the story Helix is
depicted as a planet where the Alites dwell. Aaron is the protagonist of the
whole story and initially he was unaware of the powers which he holds; but
after sometime everything becomes crystal clear in front of his eyes. After
then the three friends begin their journey to Helix; for this they took help of
a diary belongs to Winston’s parents and the guidance of Aaron’s mother. From
then the main part of the story inaugurates. The story becomes interesting to
read after the 12th chapter. From there the story took so many ups
and downs and ultimately travels the track to reach the end.
2. 1986 : Finally I got something to uncover
which I was looking for. After reading the blurb I was trying to locate it in
the book from the very beginning and then after some 80 pages or more I saw it.
The story whose short description is given at the back cover. The insights of
the story will be already clear to the reader’s mind just after reading the
blurb. This story is different and yes it has tints of newness. Ishika has
presented the story in an impressive way. I found myself latched to the story in
no time. Authoress knows how to play with the events and how to connect them so
as to make the reading journey fascinating. A nice read!
3. Mystery of Tanjore forest – As soon as I read the title of the
story I was zipped up with the excitement to locate the mystery in the story.
The story commences with a basketball match. Tanya the protagonist of the story
won the match. One day her best friend Anvita and she discovered something
different in the woods. Soon the mystery upholds and the story has lot a more
to discover. And after that the story whirls around the mysterious facts. This
story is also awesome. Authoress has very nicely knitted the episodes in this story.
The writing style is very simple; I
had completed reading the book forthwith. The narration of the stories are
soothing and providing a smooth flow in the reading journey. If I see the age
of the authoress, then I must say that she has done well in her book. Her imaginations
are very good and I must she has the skills in expressing those imaginations in
an effective way. All the three stories are clutching the readers along with
it. Very rare writers have the art of expressing their feelings in such minor
age through the words and I must say that - Ishika possess those skills. But the
articulation of the sentences could be more soothing and better. I believe that
by time her skills will be polished.
I had located a few errors in the
book. On some pages the space is not maintained well between the words like on
page no. 5 and page no. 12; the words are Aaronthe,
Aaronwas, Aaronsensed etc. The book needs to be edited well. I also found a
new name in the book while reading the very first story “Helix” which seems irrelevant. The name is Abhinav and it looks as if the name is mistakenly written by the
authoress in place of Winston. I have a doubt regarding this name. On some
pages like on page no. 20 and page no. 34 Abhinav
name is mentioned unnecessarily and is popping out suddenly in the conversation
which will definitely ignite confusion in the reader’s mind. I request the
authoress to help me clearing my doubt; or Is it a mistake?
Altogether a book having variety of flavors
for its readers. Wondrous read!
Rating : 4/5
Reviewer : Megha Biloniya
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