Publisher: Leadstart Publishing
ISBN-13: 9789381576823
ISBN-10: 9381576823
No. of Pages: 298
Format: Paperback
Language: English
About the book:
Life is more like a dissected phase- and a certain amount of
confinement is sure to drive you hungry for thrill. 45 days in a cancer
hospital by Alka Dimri Saklani was a fitful inclusion to such boring
confinement. At least the protagonist had the pleasure to have her way out of
her hospital bed- all are not so lucky always. I will call the book a medical
suspense that dragged itself too long- since it’s her debut. Consolidation is
lacking at places- though the thrill, the romance, the sleuth attitudes and the
crook are all rightfully placed about the plot.
The story is about a successful writer trying her luck at
writing a novel from her close quartered experience. She intends to spend about
45 days in Umeed hospital, live in the proximity of ailing and dying cancer
patients with the dominant wish to write a book on their life experiences. But
then, the hospital has more to give her than just the saddening tragedies of
human lives. Having a mentality disturbed doctor as the man behind the wheels,
and few other cheats as assisting doctors- ready to kill anyone trying burst off
their nefarious organ racket is enough for a writer to bite on. But our protagonist
by god’s grace is sensitive and strikes a bond with the innocent victims right
from the beginning. She smells a rat late into the night and turns to her man
of interest a CBI official.
I found the setting more dramatic than the story. For you
have a psychotic person as a gate keeper, a confusing toiler for a gardener, a
disabled person nursing grievances as a pharmacist, some polarized nurses and a
whole faculty of doctors holding back a lot of secrets. Not to forget, a malicious peon lurking around
to snap your mind into two. And if you are speaking of action-yup! Alka does
have them at places- like walking on a thin parapet, being chased by a murderous
doctor, taking up disguises to investigate and sneaking around the hospital at
night to find out who is the other sneaker prowling at this hour.
On the whole the story could have been a bit shorter- to
justify the strong characters that the writer has painstaking etched out. Ashritha and Animesh are fitting
lead pairs- and Dr Chatterjee is one person you are bound to feel sorry for-
thus-I can afford a 3 out of 5 for the medical thriller laying vanquished on my
table right at this moment.
