The Krishna Key

Author: Ashwin Sanghi
ISBN: 9381626685
ISBN13: 9789381626689
Edition language: English
My Rating: 1/5

I can only say that I somehow finished this book. I started the book with high expectations. Though i haven't read Ashwin Sanghi's earlier books, I had heard good reviews about them. So when i got this book as a gift i decided to read it.

Now, the book is a pure fiction and one should appreciate the author for the extensive research he has done before writing the book. The references for this book is given at the end of the book. In spite of having done all this research i would say that the author could not bring all the information in a more reader friendly way into the book. Or, may be there is more information than the reader can handle. This makes one loose interest in the book after some point.

I started reading this book with an intention of giving it a 4/5 rating. But, as i continued reading, this had to be reconsidered and I ended up giving it a 1/5 which means I didn't like the book. I would like to give a 5/5 rating for the research work the author has put in. But when i think of how the book bored me especially in the second half i think the rating I gave is what it deserves.

Now, coming to the plot, the main character "Ravi Mohan Saini" has a friend "Anil Varshney" who has recovered a base plate and 4 seals that fit in it and has disintegrated it and given it to some close friends including Ravi. The base plate and the seals together makes the Krishna Key and it would open up a secret which was hidden for thousands of years. The story is about how Anil & each of these friends get murdered and Ravi being the suspect of the police feels the need to solve this puzzle.

The whole plot has many twists and turns and too many characters involved. Its more like a Bollywood movie with all the drama in it.

Read the book only if you have the patience to sit through it.