Book Review: Dakhma

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"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is the fear of Unknown"

Name: Dakhma

Author: K. Hari Kumar         

Publisher : Hapercollins                    

Genre:Horror/Psychological Thriller

Format: Paperback

Price: 299 INR

Buy from Here: Dakhma

        Anahita, a pregnant woman with fear of almost everything, moves to Paradise Heights (Mumbai) with her ambitious husband to start a new life, only to discover not so heavenly past of the apartment. She starts to witness things that are beyond explanation, With her husband occupied with the burden  of creating the image of a political party, she sets upon the quest of  unraveling the truth of the women in maroon dress and her link to dakhma or the tower of silence.Is Anahita  on the path to discover a terrible secret which goes beyond nightmares and corpse or is she hallucinating again, as her husband, Psychiatrist and best friend around her seem to think. 

The book is a complete package of horror, suspense, thriller and twists with right timings to keep readers locked in! What I loved most about this book is that author has brushed over various social topics like social media influence, Climate change, politics, sexuality, mental health, phobia and many more in a single story. The way author has described how social media platforms are used to  influence the youth  is quite intriguing. The language of the book is easy and free flowing, it has limited characters and major characters are well developed. There are places where the story sends a chill down the spine meanwhile creating a story urge to keep reading. even though the story switches narration between past and present there is no trace of confusion. Story throws some light on parsi culture, which I felt was something different and interesting. I think this would make a great movie someday.

Even though I enjoy reading the book, I felt story is unnecessarily detailed at few placed in part I (Woman at the Glass door) of the story.

Conclusion: I would recommend this book to all the Lovers of Horror Genre out there.

Rating: Its 4.5/5 for me.

About the Author: K. Hari kumar was born in Cochin and brough up im Gurgaon. He currently resides in Pune with his wife. Hari is the first Indian writer to be listed on amazon's top 50 bestsellers in the horror category. His 2019 book, India's Most Haunted (Available Here), was deemed a must read horror book by Times of India and was listed among HarperCollins India's 100 best book written by Indian writers. It was the highest grossing horror book in 2020, making him the top horror wirter in country. His 2018 psychological thriller, the Other side of Her, spawned the acclaimed Hindi language web series Bhram (2019). 

His other books include: That Frequent Visitor (Available Here), A Game of Gods (Available Here).

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