{"id":5264,"date":"2022-12-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/?p=5264"},"modified":"2022-12-09T21:16:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:46:21","slug":"december-2022-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/december-2022-review\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2022 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5264\" class=\"elementor elementor-5264\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-685ec9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"685ec9b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Book-Review-Dec-2022-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Book-Review-Dec-2022-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Book-Review-Dec-2022-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Book-Review-Dec-2022-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Book-Review-Dec-2022.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8f7a6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8f7a6c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-531b621\" data-id=\"531b621\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98fe25b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98fe25b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas<\/strong><\/h3><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Book Review by Priyanka Mukherjee<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c066581 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c066581\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7973eaa\" data-id=\"7973eaa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99bd488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99bd488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92c956f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92c956f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong><u>Book Links:<\/u><\/strong><\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9354c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b9354c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/Beneath-Your-Skin-Damyanti-Biswas\/dp\/9386797623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon AU<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beneath-Your-Skin-Damyanti-Biswas-ebook\/dp\/B07X4MKVQK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon US<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/51347637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fe469c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fe469c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-224d30e\" data-id=\"224d30e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac6f660 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac6f660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div><b>Genre: <\/b><span class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__genreButton\"><span class=\"Button__labelItem\">Crime, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__genreButton\"><span class=\"Button__labelItem\">Thriller, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__genreButton\"><span class=\"Button__labelItem\">Mystery, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__genreButton\"><span class=\"Button__labelItem\">Adult Fiction<\/span><\/span><\/div><div><b>Content Warnings:\u00a0<\/b>Mature Content<\/div><div><b>Heat Gauge:\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f525.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" \/><\/b>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f525.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f525.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f525.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f525.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" \/>\u00a0(5\/5)<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><h4><strong>About The Book:<\/strong><\/h4><div><p>Indian American single mother Anjali Morgan juggles her job as a psychiatrist with caring for her autistic teenage son. She is in a long-standing affair with ambitious Police Commissioner Jatin Bhatt &#8211; an irresistible attraction that could destroy both their lives.<\/p><p>Jatin&#8217;s home life is falling apart: his handsome and charming son is not all he appears to be, and his wife has too much on her plate to pay attention to either husband or son.<\/p><p>Across the city there is a crime spree: slum women found stuffed in trash bags, faces and bodies disfigured by acid.<\/p><p>In a sordid world of poverty, misogyny, and political corruption, Jatin must make some hard choices. But what he unearths is only the tip of the iceberg.<\/p><\/div><h4><strong>My Thoughts:<\/strong><\/h4><div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"334t2-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"334t2-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"334t2-0-0\">I am a sucker for anything thriller, mystery suspense and psychological thrillers. Yet, to my disappointment, most of the books are below average.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"e9frv-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"e9frv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"e9frv-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"494sh-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"494sh-0-0\"><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"494sh-0-0\">I saw rave reviews for this book and decided to buy it (I bought a paperback; I rarely buy paperbacks these days, because they are expensive)<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"494sh-1-0\">. I am very GLAD that I brought the book.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"debqv-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"debqv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"debqv-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"efgso-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"efgso-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"efgso-0-0\">As the book is a psychological thriller, I will not discuss the storyline in detail. <\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"efgso-1-0\">However<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"efgso-2-0\">, mark my words, the story is brilliant. After a long time, I read a book where all the characters were well-written.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"32b1q-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"32b1q-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"32b1q-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"8d216-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"8d216-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8d216-0-0\">We all love the hero; here, I love the villain. The only reason for it is how his character <\/span><span class=\"passivevoice\"><span data-offset-key=\"8d216-1-0\">is sketched<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"8d216-2-0\"> in the book. Every motive of his to commit the crimes is clear. <\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"8d216-3-0\">There was a chapter where the antagonist is talking with his father, and his emotions\u2014the raw rage, the anger, and the feeling of <\/span><\/span><span class=\"passivevoice\"><span data-offset-key=\"8d216-4-0\">being abandoned<\/span><\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"8d216-5-0\">\u2014are <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"8d216-6-0\">brilliantly<\/span><\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"8d216-7-0\"> portrayed<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"8d216-8-0\">. I loved that part.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"2im2t-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"2im2t-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2im2t-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"4simd-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"4simd-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4simd-0-0\">This is a must-read book for thriller lovers.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f566b7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f566b7a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d3bee4\" data-id=\"7d3bee4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3132ff2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3132ff2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>About The Book Reviewer:<\/strong><\/h4><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"74f39-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"74f39-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"74f39-0-0\">Priyanka is an Indian Blogger, VA, and Book Promoter.\u00a0 She started her career as a Human Resource executive. She quit her corporate career in 2017 to make a career as a Book Blogger.\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"3bqqd-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"3bqqd-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3bqqd-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"avvkj\" data-offset-key=\"dhav7-0-0\"><div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"dhav7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dhav7-0-0\">She is an avid reader and <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"dhav7-1-0\">primarily<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"dhav7-2-0\"> likes to read books written in Bengali.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"dhav7-3-0\"> When she is not working, she likes to write about social issues and mental health-related articles<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"dhav7-4-0\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas Book Review by Priyanka Mukherjee Book Links: Amazon AU Amazon US Goodreads Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Adult FictionContent Warnings:&nbsp;Mature ContentHeat Gauge:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5\/5)&nbsp; About The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/december-2022-review\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">December 2022 Review<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5264"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5328,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5264\/revisions\/5328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}