House Of Cards

A typical Sudha Murthy style book based simple principles of life, amazing content, very well written in simple words, message well conveyed, once you start reading you font want to stop !! All in all a great read.

Kind of like an Indian Maeve Binchy. She writes about a girl with an open honest personality who marries a man who initially was obsessed about his work but later started to value money more and thus looses his family. It was well written . It kind of reflects what society has become now in India. I will read more of this author for sure.

Loved and enjoyed reading the book as it depicted same character changes its role when good time comes and also role of different characters described beautifully.It seems it is depicting story of my own Very touching and I liked the ending as this is the way life moves on....

I wanted to love this book. The sample sucked me in completely - and I began to care about Mridula and about Sanjay. I bought the Kindle edition. Somewhere around the time when Sanjay starts to "make it", Ms. Murthy stopped caring enough about her characters and they became flat. She races forward to the time when Sanjay cares no more about Mridula, without ever really showing us when the rot crept in. Mridula herself becomes a sad one dimensional character and loses the good sense and strength that won Sanjay in the first place, and he loses his sympathetic impulse and warm humanity - and we are left to infer that the sole reason is success and money. In the second half, the novel devolves into one of those horrid saccharine loaded moralistic scripts from a Tyler Perry movie in which a good woman done bad by an uncaring man finds her salvation, only to lose her freedom (?) again when he "comes to his senses". The ending provoked such annoyance from me that I almost flung my iPad across the room before coming to MY senses. Gentle Reader, the writer just wanted to end it. The disrespectful ungrateful son comes to his senses. The dismissive, emotionally abusive man "comes to his senses" And ends it abruptly without giving one moment to what MRIDULA WANTS. BAH. (insert loud derisive sound of teeth being sucked, here).

very much in reality Every women will relate Amazingly narrated couldnt stop reading, finished the book in 2 days! so amazing! I love it! Want to read more books like this!

Intricate relationships, expectations, challenges faced within modern indian families has been very well narrated. Applaudable work by Mrs Murthy! Inspiring and look forward to reading more.

Excellent book, very well written. This novel gives an insight of human relationships and how people will show their true nature once they achieve success and money.

The novel gives the points to be noted by all people in relationship to a woman in life..Educative and Thought provoking.

The book is a masterpiece in encapsulating the struggles of a middle-class woman with a humble and naive character. A must read book for all the newly married women! It will throw light on the fact to not expect anything out of anybody and teaches to pave a strong way for oneself.

Good book to start of with....loved the entire journey of the story.. written in very simple English .thanks sudhaji☺️

I really don't know whether Sudha mam will read this review or not but whoever from her team reads please give a bow to her on my behalf. A genuine Namaskaar to the living legend. A woman writer like no other. she is simplicity personified and so are her characters. I could see Mridula and feel her. I saw my mums story resonate with Mridula's story of getting heart wrenched. Would not like to give any spoiler here. Its a must read man pls go read and experience the magic yourself. This is a must read for the youth before they take the step of marriage and even for people who are in the institution of marriage. Basically a must read story! I am a writer also mam. and get inspired by you so much. RESPECT!

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Lovely book