Book Review: Invictus by Nidhie Sharma

Namrata reviews Invictus by Nidhie Sharma (Pan Macmillan, 2021) and emphasizes how this book is a reminder of a courage zone that lies beyond our comfort zone where we can sometimes surprise ourselves too with the things we can do.

ISBN ‏: ‎ 9789390742073
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pan Macmillan
Release date: 10th August 2021
Price: INR 399/-

Six children One treacherous jungle A gripping story of resilience With a blurb that starts like this, Nidhie Sharma has surely got the readers hooked from the first glance itself. Add to it the fact that it is a true story, one based on a real-life incident faced by the author as a teenager. The strength and determination visible in this story are the ones that leave you with goosebumps long after you have finished the book.

Nidhie Sharma, the author, is an inspiration in real life too. A writer-director based in Mumbai, her debut work ‘Dancing with the demons’, the first boxing fiction drama in India is notable and very well-known. Bringing together her personal experiences of growing up in an Armed Forces environment and travelling across the world, she mixes it liberally with her love for adventure sports in this story. The result is an edge-of-the-seat, nail-biting adventure novel that you cannot put down without knowing what happened next.

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A perfect SUNDAY

Remember the time when Sundays used to mean waiting for the evening, to be glued to TV screens for the popular award functions? That was my defination of perfect Sunday. Well today is going to one such as (clearing throat) I have been awarded. (*** Doing the happy dance***) Source: Google Images

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