Once Upon A Spy by Suvash Dev Book Review
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YOU DON’T CHOOSE THE WORLD OF ESPIONAGE THE WORLD OF ESPIONAGE CHOOSES YOU.
Once Upon A Spy by Suvash Dev Book Review
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And this very statement goes with you once you become a spy. The choices you want to employ and the decisions you have to make; mostly have a difference of day and night. You have no right to opt; the power to choose, your fate is in the hands of those who know politics more than anything else. Those power holders decide when to evacuate you and when to disown you.
The book "Once Upon A Spy" by Suvash Dev, puts the spotlight on the system, which goes around the life of any agency's spy. It doesn't matter if you belong to RAW, ISI, or Mi6. Once you get into the political games of superiors, they will push you toward the verge of death without thinking twice or they will thrust you in a pit where death can be easier and life must be god awful for you.
A patriot agent never fears death, but dying as a traitor is a curse. Vishwamitra Saini an Indian Spy, has been caught by ISI agents when he was cracking some kind of deal that involves national confidential information of Indian projects. He has been manhandled and tortured horribly by the cruel bureaucrats of the Pakistan army.
He isn't able to breathe properly from his badly broken nose and neither is he able to reckon which part is aching as he is feeling like every part of his body has been broken. He yields at last.
He gets two choices; either he turns traitor to his own country or dies bit by bit in the lifeless bunker, where heartless soldiers serve cruelest tortures on his platter every day. What choice Vishwamitra will make? And what kinds of consequences and repercussions he and the whole nation will need to pay for it? Is Vishwamitra really a traitor?
As the author said in the acknowledgment section that the spy genre doesn't get much exposure in India, but then he wrote this book in a jargon language; like he isn't writing it for readers but for the agencies and whoever officials belong to them. So I didn't like the language of this Indian Spy storybook.
However, I liked the narration. It was very descriptive. The author made an effort to meticulously put everything which goes in and out, inside both countries' espionage agencies. A lot of backstories had been going with the main plot, though most of the backstories weren't fitting well, they just increased the length of the book.
The action was great and the suspense of the Rook was remarkably awesome; it was a mind-boggling experience. This Indian spy storybook and the conspiracies and ulterior agendas which come with it; surprise me to the roots. Every character was well developed, though their back Stories weren't that great. The book was mostly focused on the politics of the secret agencies and how it ruined a Spy's life completely.
The author tried to put some Spy love story and drama, though I didn't like the love chemistry of Vishwamitra and the woman he loved. It could be more realistic and intense. The best part of the story for me was its descriptive narration and the action.
And the best scene of the book was, which was a heart-melting scene when Vishwamitra meets with Ahmed Muneer and later he dies in an accident; Ahmed was truly an inspiring character for me. This book isn't for all so if you're taking your chances with this book, then you need to have patience, as it would take time to immerse yourself in this story. I have a fifty-fifty feeling about this book.
-Abhi panwar
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