Krishna
Did you know that Deepak Chopra, the spiritual guru and a successful person in many fields, has also tried his hand at fiction? This came as a complete surprise to me, and I simply had to read this book to see what it is all about.
Mr. Chopra’ s foray into fiction starts promisingly enough, with a Koontz like plot, and amazing twists. In fact, it strikes one of being the ideal Hollywood material, special effects and all. The story starts and proceeds brilliantly, with an amazing narrative style and brilliant plot. I think that at about one quarter of the way through, I was enthralled and thought that this book is turning out to be an excellent read.
But somewhere soon after that point, the whole tone and tenor changes abruptly. It is as if Mr Chopra and his co-author have run out of ideas completely and have struggled to finish the book. The book could have been so much more, with the central idea intact. To tell you more would be to give away what little suspense there is in that book.
However, the depth of knowledge of the authors in various religions does come through nicely. As stated before, the first quarter of the book is astounding and amazing, and even makes you sit up and think of fundamental things as good and evil in a different light, for a while. Then the book drowns in its own mire of confusion and lack of direction and by the time you finish it, you get the feeling of having sat through an unnaturally long story with little content, a feeling of profound disappointment to see such an immense potential squandered.
Let us say the first quarter earned this whole volume a 4/10
— Krishna