NITN | @notintownlive | 27 Aug 2018, 10:31 am

'The Unknown' by Eshaan Soni is a crime-thriller, with its plot spread across Kolkata, Miami and Delhi, with a young and intelligent detective at the helm.
The character of protagonist Chetan Das has been crafted masterfully with all the necessary elements that a personality of an eighteen year old detective needs.
Also, mostly when we think of detectives, we are reminded of stalwarts such as Sherlock Holmes or Byomkesh Baksh, who are essentially wise and learned men.
But having a smart, intelligent and young detective seemed definitely good for a change and breaking away from this stereotype.
The female characters have been shown as strong, independent women who are ready to fight, which is again a breaking of another prejudice as we don’t get many female leads when it comes to detective stories.
The characters have been created and crafted very skillfully and at the end of the story you have this connection with all the characters and certainly the ending is something that left me in tears.
I loved the them, i hated them, but most importantly I desperately wanted to hold on to a few of them who lost their lives in the course of the story.
It is one of those stories where you want to meet the author and ask why he or she had to be so cruel towards his own creations and destroy them?
But that’s what makes the best stories, the death of characters whom you keep with yourself forever even though they don’t even exist.
The plot of the story has the perfect mixture of spices required to make a perfect story. It has got murder, drama, a lot of suspense, unexpected turn of events, betrayal and a small pinch of love.
The plot has many twists, which makes it an absolute page turner. It just keeps the reader glued to the book until you complete it.
The story is neither too fast that it makes you feel that things are missing nor too slow that it makes you feel bored.
When I finished reading the story, I craved for more. I wanted to feel all the emotions all over again - the thrill, anxiety, despair- everything.
The first thing that came to my mind after i finished reading the book was - ‘Wow! That was a hell of a story.’ And the second thing was- ‘When do I get to read a sequel of it?’
This is definitely a must read for everyone irrespective of age, specially if you’re a fan of crime thrillers and detective stories.
Reviewed by Soumashree Mukherjee.
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