The Dark Arena

Who doesn’t know Mario Puzo? Surely, all of us.

The splendid creator of the character The Godfather was incredible that no one has ever beaten that story.

 Possessed with the distinctive writing and storytelling style, the Mario Puzo is an author with the wit. Personally, I have always felt that he has an influence over his reader. We get to learn something new and get social awareness too that how can we understand the people around us.

Mario Puzo has always focused on the stories of Italian Mafia and events occurred during Second World War. That was mainly because during his times, these two events were on hike.

The Dark Arena is another bestselling novel of Puzo, which was published in 1952 (that is a longest time back), in which he has described the story of an American soldier named Walter Mosca. Mosca came to fight in Germany where he meets a German girl named Hella who lost her family in the war.

The story revolves around these two when they fall in love and start living together at Mosca’s apartment. After 3 years, Mosca gets a chance to return to the States where he already had a girlfriend, but he sets her free because he was in love with Hella.  His family gets shocked, but he returns back shortly to Germany with his firm decision of being with Hella.

Although, the relationship story sounds too affectionate one, but it was very matured and simple with less interaction. Mosca is portrayed as a kind of man who thinks a lot while speak little and this is what, his girlfriend understands. His tough job and ruthless incidents during war turns  him into a cold man.

The story shows that how difficult the time was when there is war around and how painful experience it is for the soldiers and for the civilians, both. Mosca gets into selling cigarettes in black with his friend to earn some extra money as it was one of the most demanding items in the times of war.

There are many interesting scenes happening in the story telling you about the coarse outcomes of the war. Puzo is an expert in defining these scenarios better becsue he himself has served in the Army during the world war, thus, he knows the suffering well and the way people are being treated.

There is a lot to read and understand in The Dark Arena that will make you believe that Mario Puzo is a genius!

I gave 9 out of 10 to this novel.

  

Azur Like It

Cannes Life Be This Nice??

You must be aware of the Wendy Holden if you are a regular reader & looks to read some humorist content.

Writing in her usual style, Holden has gathered story & humor together. 
Azur Like It is a story of a young journalist, Kate who lives in a northern town named Slackmucklethwaite with her mum, dad &  gran. She works in a magazine called Slackmucklethwaite Mercury & is totally unhappy with her job. She feels like her job is taking her nowhere & she won't be able to get a chance to grow from this small town. Her career took steep step when a corrupt business tycoon, Peter Hardstone takes over the Mercury. He slashes all the budgets & put more advertisements than news or entertainment content in the paper, which pisses everyone off. Cutting off the budget also affected Kate's dream of going to Cannes, France to cover the biggest film festival.

While the things are going so down, uneventful & dull for Kate, the story takes a turn & she gets to meet Hardstone's son Nat Hardstone, who also joins the office as a punishment from his father. He draws his plans around Kate & used her to reach Cote d'Azur for the Cannes festival so that he could make his contacts for entering into the film industry. 

Kate, an innocent girl, gets into his trap and even pays for his plane fares while herself traveling in economy class. As expected, Nat abandons her from the flight and never meets her until she sees him at the festival with, of course, we know the diva Champagne D'Vyne! They ran a fling that had no end like other ones of Champagne. 

The story has some very interesting moves that will direct your attention entirely on to the novel and you would want to know that what is going to happen next. 

Kate get to meet Celia in Cote D'Azur with her cheating husband who late Celia kicks off. Together, Celia and Kate does some adventures like putting the hotel back into running condition, in which they were staying. 
Kate also meets Fabien here, who is an intelligent painter and they fall in love later. There are some catchy scenes also scripted about both of them. 
Later on Kate gets few jobs in Azur like working in a low profile, only magazine of teh island. The other job she get is at the house of Comtese who happens to have some relationships with people close to Kate. To get to know that, you will need to read this novel. 

The natural scenery of Cote D'Azur is beautifully described by Wendy that will make you going for the place. 
I totally loved this novel like other ones from Wendy Holden. She makes simple scenerios into the funny ones that you enjoy reading them. 
Do read Azur Like It if you want to change your reading taste from serious to the humorous. 
I gave this novel 7.5 out of 10. 

Harry Potter series to be taken down by the author J. K Rowling

The world is always together on one thing and that is Harry Potter! No matter from which region you are, you will remain a Potter fan. The Harry Potter mania sparked once again globally as the new book Harry Potter and the cursed child hit the market. Everyone attended the mega event in their respective countries by showing up in the outfits and disguising as the Harry Potter book characters.

But, while we all are celebrating the return of this series, there is a major announcement from the author J. K Rowling that is this going to be the last book of the Harry Potter series. It broke your heart, we know! So did ours. Ouch!

She revealed this bigger news to us when she was asked by a reporter that “Whether there will any other story series based on Harry Potter ?” And Rowling was simply like, “No, No”. She further added that “We are done with the Harry now. Harry had a long way to go that we are now with the next generation reading it, but it is the end of this magnificent series”.

The new book is the script of the play named after Harry Potter and the cursed child that is played in London.

She also said that she never wanted to write another book of Harry Potter after the final seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but this play is a promising one for the new generation that you will find something very unique.

So fans, you are not entirely left disappointed, but a lot with the anticipation to watch in the stage play of Harry Potter and the cursed child!