Hi guys, these days my busy mom life gives me very little time to read and even lesser time to review. So I’ll begin by apologising to Paro. This post should have come out long ago because I read the book in one day or rather night. Yes, it was one of those ‘baby needs to be held throughout’ nights and The Clockmaker ensured I do not doze off.
Plot of The Clockmaker
Here is the blurb for you
Can you change destiny? What if you can?
– Goodreads
Ashish, a passionate clockmaker is frustrated with his life – financial insecurity, his ongoing nightmares and his family, wife Lata and son Vicky, are driving him crazy.
Lata is having a tough time in life with her arch-rival, Rashmi. Vicky wants to be a biker than rather join the family legacy of the clockmaker. He also has a crush on Kavya who is more interested in supporting her family than romancing around.
Lately, Ashish starts hallucinating things. The black hooded man, who traumatizes him in the nightmares, warns him of dire consequences if he doesn’t return the timepiece that was given to Ashish by his father at his deathbed. Burdened with despair, Ashish wishes he could change his destiny and end all his miseries. By sheer chance, he discovers the power of the timepiece. Ashish was still figuring out what to do with it when an incident shatters his life completely. Without second thoughts he uses the power of the timepiece to change his destiny. But, can he really change it?
Amid the chaos of the busy by-lanes of the East Delhi unfolds a paranormal, supernatural, Indian drama that will leave you thrilled.
The Jungle Series – Get ready to be assaulted!
Does that not sound intriguing? I bet it does. It is one of the few stories I have read that are about playing with Time in an Indian context. Of course I had to pick this book.
What I Liked About The Clockmaker
- The premise of the book is very intriguing. Like I said earlier, playing with time in an Indian context is quite unique.
- The book is thrilling without being spooky. Well, I did not find it spooky in the least and there are other members of The Book Club who are divided on this aspect. Now, it does take some heavy duty stuff to spook me so consider yourself warned.
- The story. I really really liked the story. Kudos Paromita for coming up with this gripping tale
- The overall writing style and narration style is very good.
- Now this is a wee bit of the spoiler but even the repetition was well done.
What I Didn’t Like About The Clockmaker
- It took a while to pick up. The book starts on an exciting note and then goes into a completely descriptive mode. The tempo fell and then picked again
- I felt that all characters had the same voice. They all spoke the same way. A lot of the story moves forward in dialogues and the writing would be superlative if the characters all had their own voice!
Final Thoughts
This is an excellent book. If you like thrillers, this one is sure to delight. There are no cheap thrills, just a good engaging story.
About The Author – Paromita Goswami
Paromita Goswami is a writer and storyteller by passion and a rebel by choice. She says the world is full of stories and as a writer, she loves to pen them down. Her work is not genre specific. From literary fiction to children book to paranormal thriller and women fiction, Paromita Goswami‘s books offer a variety of life to her readers. Besides writing, she is also the founder of a reading club that enhances book reading habit in children. She lives in central India with her family.
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