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I really enjoyed this book. I normally read while commuting, but with this story I had to keep reading when I got home - I was gripped. It is an unusual story that does not try to be too clever or fantastic. I think the author pitched the idea just right, everything seemed to work with this; the pace, the idea, the suspense and the way it unfolded.
The characters were believable and I felt that the mix worked well in a very English-buddy type way. I thought that it was not predictable and the plot made sense as it evolved. I liked this a lot, I get fed up with some of the nonsense that is written such as ex military heroes saving the world again , amateur sleuths and science fantasy books that are blatent rip offs of formulaic, standard ideas originally penned by others. However, I found this refreshing and creative, and not completely out-there as a lot of Sci Fi can be.
All to often a story can be ruined by a ridiculous explanation that often does not fit the flow or premise, I think the author had a good idea with the characters speculating about what was happening and leaving us to decide. In the highly improbable chance that something like this happened, we would experience it as the author described - it is doubtful if we would have the whole thing explained to us with nice neat edges.
I liked the ending, but I also liked that the author added an alternative, which tied the story up quite nicely. I was surprised at the number of low scores this received, I am glad I ignored them. For some reason, I read all the other ones first and only just finished this.
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I just have to ask myself, "What took you so long, idiot? This seems to be the most popular of this author's books, and I guess I just had to be different. This is one of the best books I have ever read.
It's one of those books where your hands are shaking as you read it and sometimes you notice you haven't taken a breath in a while. Make sure you start listening to it with plenty of time to spare because you will not want to stop once you start. It is nearly impossible to believe this was the first book written by this author because it is SO good, SO well-written, and just perfect. Now I'm gushing and must stop. The basic outline of the story is that a stone man or creature or object appears in England and wreaks havoc throughout the country.
It can't be stopped by any means known to humans and its purpose for being there is not known. As you get further into the book and some of the implications of the stone man being there do become evident, it becomes more real and scary. That's all I'm going to say about it. You just have to read it to appreciate it. The characters are very well-developed. The two main characters are not perfect. They do heroic things, they do selfish things, they drink a lot , and they don't even get along some of the time, but I was completely invested in them and felt a loss when I finished the book--like I had just left behind two people I really cared about.
This book was their journey from self-involvement to selflessness.
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I loved this book. It covers the gamut of emotions from sadness to happiness, from cowardice to bravery, from tragedy to hopefulness, and everything else in between. It can also scare the crap out of you. I loved the ending. It was completely original and it was described in detail so the reader could feel the tension and apprehension of the characters involved. You will not be disappointed. I fully enjoyed reading this. In a way it is a light book and certainly a fast read.
The author's writing style Is crisp and clean which makes the book very easy to read. At the same time it can be poignant, touching and, at times, very intense. The character development is excellent. I became very attached to the main protagonists Andy and Paul. Depending on your walk of life you could meet either one of these guys, just as they appear in the book, and they would strike you as two regular guys although from different social strata.
I liked them both and couldn't help rooting for them. There are moments of self reflection which made me think about human nature, free will or lack thereof and the dichotomy of 'bravery' and 'cowardness' who are we to judge. One character, Henry, is truly a beautiful person.
I would be remiss without mentioning that there is a huge surprise in the book. The hapless victims of the mystery killer, who was never caught, were footpath dwellers in Bombay.
They were stoned to death in their sleep. The movie weaves fiction around reality in an attempt to provide answers to the questions around the case. The Stoneman Murders was director Manish Gupta 's first full-length feature film. The serial killer dubbed 'Stoneman' by the media has just claimed his fifth victim and the case is still of little interest to the Bombay police.
But to suspended sub-inspector Sanjay Shelar Kay Kay Menon for a custodial death of a gangster this killer poses an opportunity to recover his job from suspension. Sanjay hopes to track the killer down and thus, possibly find an entry back into the police force. With the secret aid of his patronizing superior AIG Satam Vikram Gokhale , Sanjay takes up the arduous process of tracking the murderer. He asks help from an aide and his friend Kamble Virendra Saxena who tells him that his wife has ran away.
The official police investigator of the case, Kedar Phadke Arbaaz Khan , clashes incessantly with Sanjay. They, separately, delve deeper into the case.
Sanjay is determined to find the stone-man. He takes the help of his informer Ghanshu Ashraful haque. The Stoneman is shown to be killing poor people sleeping on streets beggars, workers, sweepers etc. All the people on the streets think the killer is a midnight taxi driver named Mohammed.
His wife Manali Rukhsar is upset with him and thinks that he is having an affair. One night someone throws a stone into Sanjay's house through a window. Manali thinks it to be the mischief of boys of the locality; Sanjay feels it is the Stoneman. Another night the Stoneman tries to kill a beggar sleeping on the roadside but is saved by Kedar and some patrolling policemen.
Sanjay and his car is spotted by Kedar. Sanjay finds that his investigation house has been visited by the Stoneman as he sees vermilion spread everywhere in the room. Sanjay contemplates a possible danger to his wife and asks her to leave for her village.
He rushes to the station to get her rail ticket where he encounters the Stoneman. Before he can catch him, Kedar shoots him in the thigh, thinking him to be the killer. Sanjay escapes and the incident brings him closer to his wife. He suspects the killer to be a policeman, from a tribe, performing an impotency ritual and asks his trusted cop Kamble Virendra Saxena to tell this to AIG Satam along with evidence. In the climax it is shown that Mohammed was a man deployed by Kedar and Kamble turns out to be the killer Stoneman when Sanjay tells him the Stoneman wears shoes similar to police officers of crime unit and is a tribal.
Kamble attacks Sanjay with a stone about to commit his ninth and last murder, but both are saved by the police Kedar and associates. In a trap laid by the police in the hospital, when Kamble sneaks in to kill Sanjay, he is nabbed and the matter is closed.
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Satam does not want the case to be revealed to the public and the media and wants it to be hushed up since it involved a cop from his own team. Kamble is shot dead in an encounter and buried in the jungle by Sanjay on the order of Satam. In the end it is shown that in Kamble's village, a covered man with a voice similar to Satam is performing a ritual and asks a person to give him nine offerings of humans and this time to kill people in Calcutta. The story ends showing killings in Bombay and Calcutta in and in the credits.
Sanjay is shown to be old in the present day settled with his wife and daughter. The research that went into the scripting of The Stoneman Murders involved an intensive search for newspaper articles dating to when the killings took place. Before this, the preliminary research done by the director was over the internet where a few articles about the Stoneman had been posted.