‘Stoned! The Untold Story of Co-Weed-20’ by Gautam Mayekar (C) Aishwary Mehta.
Author – Gautam Mayekar | Genre – Fiction
Publishing House – Half Baked Beans
Source – Purchased | ASIN – B092DYR8RT
Published in – April 2021
Format – Kindle eBook | Pages – 89 Pages
Quote from the book I Liked –
‘But love and infatuation can even make you ignore your God.’ (Page no. 53)
Stars – 3 Stars
Plot Summary –
Amar- the man from the future, is narrating his story into the Voice Data Recorder of Time machine through which he has travelled back in time.
He is alone & stuck in the machine with no expertise or knowledge to operate it. With Mohit – the one who built this Time Machine, having tested CO-Weed-20 positive and gone to sleep permanently, just like the entire population of Mumbai city; Amar is left only with a stash of weed and wait of twelve hours until the machine disintegrates.
Before it does, Amar will reveal the secrets behind the production of the deadly drug – CO-Weed-20 and how it all went awry.
Who is Amar?
Will he survive & eventually save the world? Or will he get beaten by the mysterious Thakur from his dreams again?
About the Author –
Gautam Mayekar is a certified ethical hacker who works for the American IT company TIBCO Software Inc. as a member of the Technical Staff (Product Security). He has previously worked for Quick Heal Technologies Ltd, a security solutions provider and an American software company called Qualys, Inc. which provides cloud security.
Born and brought up in Goa, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Engineering from PCCE, South Goa. He hails from a family of teachers, writers and librarians, and grew up reading books of every genre. His interest in hacking came much later, after witnessing an Orkut community of the Late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam being hacked by hackers from a neighbouring country.
My Review –
This is the second book by author Gautam Mayekar I read after reading I’m So Hacked! But this one is not as near good as the previous one I read. Although it has the elements of getting into and playing with the reader’s mind, it feels more of a collaborative/marketing book for Nucleya. No doubt Nucleya as a Music Artist and Gautam as the author are great. But to keep introducing Nucleya on each page felt absurd. Like yeah as a reader I get it that the author is a huge fan of him but using that for every event of the book kept the story far away and kept reminding me as if reading a compilation of Nucleya’s discography.
Though the story started great and with a title so unique, it attracted me (also the previous work of the author). But as the story progressed and keep repeating the collaboration made, the story goes running away in the wild. And with all the chaos, it made the ending too predictable. But with the stories like – I’m so Hacked!, the author can create more great work and I would be waiting for them.
What I liked – The initial buildup of the story.
What could’ve been better – More elongated and better story.
Writing Style – Easy
18th BOOK of 2021 (187 books read overall)
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Review of my previously read books –
Book Review #73: I’m So Hacked by Gautam Mayekar
Book Review #141: A Sloth’s Guide to Mindfulness by Ton Mak
Book Review #140: Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
The Tales of Fugitive Biker 