The Brightest Fell

Actually I did not finish this in one seating, Thank you very much, Ms. Chowdhury for entrusting me with a copy of your book.

I like Ms. Chowdhury's way of writing, simple, no embelishments, straight to your head and imagination, the characters are intriguing, the female characters to be exact, strong, intelligent, principled, the dashing Ruqaiya, the fun-loving but willful Rito Shian(I apologize, Ms. Chowdhury, I really can not remember her full name), the vicious, egotistic Rinisa, now not to be outdone is our main male protagonist, Dr. Jehan Fasih, genius but a lone wolf, oh and let us not forget Abhijiat Shian, stoic, unfortunately gullible...........

Ok, simplicity sometimes just is.......I loved the pace of the narrative, but the story was just.....too run of the mill, a drug that makes the victim pliant to the injector's ideas, a high level conspiracy in the government to publicize the usage of the drug, and of course Men being men, brutes and easily manipulated, except for Dr. Fasih, a genius scientist who also moonlights as a tactical mindbender(I kept thinking and re-thinking on this one, he is a scientist but he can outthink and outbluff anyone), from start to finish, there were a few bumps but nothing derailing........you can already guess where it is going.........

Maybe I need to read some of her works, but as a primer, it was just too simple........

What a fun ride The Brightest Fell written by Nupur Chowdhury is!

Fasih is a genius and a madman. The chances he takes...holy sugar. Chowdhury gives us a few mysteries in this story, plus several plots of murder - some even want to kill Fasih (chuckle). Oh and I should add, there is quite a bit of humor in this book.

Chowdhury includes many voices in this story and they are very diverse. I do not even have a favorite because they all bring something to the table - even those with nefarious purposes. Fasih is a genius and I really hope there is a sequel or even more because the cast is fabulous with Fasih leading it. I do not think this type of...plot can be done again, but seriously Fasih is the type of character who can find trouble.

I do not know I had this on the shelf for so long because I regret it now. I should have read this a LONG time ago. It is fab, funny, and a freaking genius. I would like a sequel please.

I received a free copy of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily.