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I am a Bangladeshi-born writer, lifelong bookaholic and devoted cinephile. I write reviews and reflections shaped by close reading, careful research and a love of philosophy. Every piece starts with one question: what is this work really trying to say, and does it succeed?

Revealed: The Surprising Truth Behind What We Value (2025) and Why Your Brain Lie

What We Value 2025 book review

What We Value by Emily Falk is a groundbreaking exploration of how our brains shape—and are shaped by—our values, choices, … Read more

Why Empire of AI (2025) Might Be the Most Important AI Book of the Decade

Empire of AI by Karen Hao review

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI is the landmark 2025 exposé by award-winning journalist Karen Hao, … Read more

Apple in China (2025) by Patrick McGee Exposes Apple’s Hidden Dependence on China

Apple In China 2025 book review

The book in focus is Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company by Patrick McGee, published in … Read more

Night by Elie Wiesel (1960): The Most Haunting Holocaust Book You’ll Ever Read-10 Lessons

Night by Elie Wiesel (1960)

The book is Night, written by Elie Wiesel, a Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. … Read more

What Makes Of Mice and Men (1937) a Timeless Tragedy and The Dream That Died

Of Mice and Men review 2025

Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, was published in 1937 by Covici Friede. Set during the Great Depression, … Read more

How Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Predicted Adverse Affects Our Scientific Development In 1818

Frankenstein review 2025

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a groundbreaking novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, first published anonymously in 1818. A … Read more

The Devastating Genius of Normal People by Sally Rooney (2018) – A Millennial Masterpiece

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Published on 30 August 2018, Normal People is the critically acclaimed second novel by Irish author Sally Rooney. Following her … Read more

How The Outsiders Captures the Pain of Growing Up Like No Other Book (2025)

The Outsiders book review 2025

Published in 1967, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton is a novel that shook the foundations of young adult literature. … Read more

Circe 2018 Book Review: A Haunting, Beautiful Reimagining of Ancient Myths

Circe Book Review: A Haunting, Beautiful Reimagining of Ancient Myths

Circe is a 2018 novel by American author Madeline Miller, published by Little, Brown and Company. Following her acclaimed debut … Read more

The Song of Achilles (2011): You’ve Been Reading The Iliad All Wrong—Here’s Why You Should Know

The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is a modern literary reimagining of Homeric legend, first published on September 20, … Read more

The Second Time Around (1961): Underrated Western Romance or Just Nostalgic Fluff?

The Second Time Around (1961)

The Second Time Around (1961) is a charming Western romantic comedy starring Debbie Reynolds as Lucretia Rogers, a recently widowed … Read more

Why The Help (2009) Still Hurts — and Heals — Today’s Divided Society

The Help (2009) book review

The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a landmark piece of historical fiction first published by Penguin Books on February 10, … Read more

WARNING: Reading The Da Vinci Code Might Unsettle Your Faith and What You Believe

The Da Vinci Code book review

Audrey Tautou and Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu in The Da Vinci Code (2006) film

The Book Thief (2005) by Markus Zusak: An Unforgettable Tale of Words, War, and Humanity

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief, written by Australian author Markus Zusak, was originally published in 2005 by Picador in Australia and Knopf … Read more

You’re Wasting Time If You Haven’t Read The Alchemist (1988) Yet—It’s a Life-Changing Journey

The Alchemist (1988) review 2025

The Alchemist is a philosophical novel by Paulo Coelho, first published in Portuguese in 1988 under the title O Alquimista. … Read more

Memoirs of a Geisha (1997) Explained: Love, Loss, and Lies in Arthur Golden’s Classic

Memoirs of a Geisha Explained: Love, Loss, and Lies in Arthur Golden’s Classic

Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by Arthur Golden, first published on September 27, 1997, by Alfred … Read more

Exposing the Toxic Feminism Trend: What Girl on Girl Teaches Us About Postfeminist Myths (2025)

Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert 2025 review

Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves is a critical and personal essay collection … Read more

Challenging The Beauty Myth (1990): Naomi Wolf’s Fight Against Unfair Beauty Ideals

The Beauty Myth

In 1990, Naomi Wolf published a provocative, culture-shifting work that would become a cornerstone of contemporary feminist literature: The Beauty … Read more

Cancel Culture: Evolution or Regression? 5 Certain Impacts

Cancel Culture: Evolution or Regression

Cancel culture refers to the practice of publicly calling out individuals, organizations, or entities for perceived wrongdoings, often leading to … Read more

Albert Camus’ The Stranger (1942): The Ultimate Existential Journey

The Stranger (1942)

The Stranger (original title L’Étranger) is a novella written by French author Albert Camus. First published in 1942, this seminal … Read more

The Theory of Everything (2014): A Heartbreaking Biopic That Will Change How You See Stephen Hawking Forever

The Theory of Everything 2014

Stephen Hawking, Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, and Jane Hawking at an event for The Theory of Everything (2014)

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