Magic Square: Shlini Vineeth
Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 4432 KB
Print Length: 62 pages
Sold by: Amazon Asia-Pacific Holdings Private
Limited
Language: English
Magic Square is a fast gripping tale of discovering a mystery. The mystery
that starts with a book and the puzzle intensifies and the pieces are difficult
to fit in. Magic square is Shilini Vineeth’s debut novel and boy she did have
command on plot and characters and had readers attention throughout. The story
is well plotted and the characters are minimal yet realistic and pragmatic
throughout the story and shows vitality as the story grows. Shalini’s internment
approach of starting a novel from a shabby computer lab and taking us on a
journey is an eloquent way of storytelling.
Amudha as a character shows persistent determination and her journey from
interview session to research lab is humorous. Your stint with puzzles at
placement interview and the super chilled central AC is what I encountered most
of the time. Though Amudha is stuck in wrong job that requires arduous labor
she yet somehow manages to be cheerful and resourceful in spite of all the
pittance. Dheeraj is a research fellow and shares a lab with Amudha and they
share a cool vibe. Dheeraj is a genius who gave up a high paying job to change
the world by joining research and aspired to be a Phd. In spite of his hard
work he somehow managed to irk Dr. Murty and can’t get his thesis done.
With Dr. Murty summoning Dheeraj to the office and assigning him with some
set of difficult mathematical problem. In tumultuous effort to get this problem
done and get his research done they tried everything. With failing miserably,
the last resort was an old book shop in hope of finding some solution. They did
stumble upon a book that did have all the solution but the owner was not known
and a beautiful poem was scribbled at the back of the book. The uncertainty in
finding the owner of the book added to the puzzle. The more Amudha tried the
cobwebs surrounding the book intensifies. The book eluded Amudha from her
priorities and she take a journey to solve the puzzle. The journey is well
described and thrilling. This Novella is a perfect read.
