Book Review: I am so Hacked by Gautam Mayekar

Name- I am so Hacked

Author- Gautam Mayekar

Publisher- Leadstart Publishing

Genre- Fiction, Thriller

Year- 2019

Length- 198 pages

Rating- 4/5 stars

"I am so Hacked" the debut novel of Gautam Mayekar tells the story of @v!(Avi) who works as a security researcher in one of India's leading Anti-Virus company.Though he is an ethical hacker but somewhere deep inside his heart he nurtures a hidden desire to control others and break the shackles of rules and regulations. One day he receives a letter from M@dR1, a mysterious revolutionary who wants to create a "change" in the world. M@dR1 uses uses @v!'s horrific past to motivate him and guides him through various tasks, starting with shutting down the internet services of the entire city.

Now there is anothor interesting thing, Our protagonist Avi lives a life of seclusion and is trying to forget his past. In the process he often hallucinates events and people from his former life. Sometimes it reaches to such an extent that he even can't differentiate the real from the unreal world.

Meanwhile, M@dR1 and @v! prepare for a major cyber-attack that will rock the foundation of the country's technological unit, with the help of @v!'s friends, s@m and K!LL3R.

Will they be accomplish their goals? Or will @v!'s delusion lead to their downfall? To know more grab your copy today.

Review-

The coverpage of the book is truly amazing. It perfectly represents the theme of the novel.It is undoubtedly one of the best cover pages I have seen this year.The chapter headings and the name of the characters are written in a mixture of letters, digits and special characters gives the book a kind of virtual, mysterious feel and hightens the curiosity levels of the readers.

I particularly liked the way the author has started the novel. The novel begins in a cinematic way and the suspense, which is the backbone of this book prevails throughout the story. Every line of this book has been meticulously planned and written. There is nothing in the book which seems unreal or out of the ordinary. All the technical details are perfect and believable.

The conversational writing style adds to the beauty of the novel. I absolutely loved the way the protagonist's transition between the real and the delusion world has been executed by the author. It is one of those rare debut works I have read so far which is written such maturely.The ending is really good and this is a book worth-reading.

It won't be surprising for me if one day I discover an adaptation of this novel into a web-series or film.

This is a novel which demands your undivided attention to really understand and relish the story. The font size of the book is really small and sometimes it hampers the reading experience.Other then that the book is really good.

I give this book 4 stars for the amazing content, excellent writing style and superb ending.