Title- Where The River Turns Gold
Author- Sita Brahmachari
Publisher- Hachette India
Format- Paperback
Pages- 336
Genre- Dystopian fiction
Publication date- 30 July 2019
Ratings- 4.5/5
Book blurb:
Shifa and her brother, Themba, live in Kairos City with their father, Nabil. The few live in luxury, whilst the millions like them crowd together in compounds, surviving on meagre rations and governed by Freedom Fields – the organisation that looks after you, as long as you opt in.
The bees have long disappeared; instead children must labour on farms, pollinating crops by hand so that the nation can eat. The farm Shifa and Themba are sent to is hard and cruel. Themba won’t survive there and Shifa comes up with a plan to break them out. But they have no idea where they are – their only guide is a map drawn from the ramblings of a stranger.
The journey ahead is fraught with danger, but Shifa is strong and knows to listen to her instincts – to let love guide them home. The freedom of a nation depends on it .
Book review:
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐น๐ช๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ป๐ผ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ด๐ท๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ต๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฏ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฎ?
Extremely ravaged by the hurricane Kronos, the city of Kairos is not the same anymore. Bees have vanished and pollination can only be carried out artificially through hands for which children are enforced to work on the fields.
The siblings, Shifa and Themba are exploited and subjugated to work in the very same field. The government disguises the world by featuring an enticing epitome of ‘Freedom Fields’ where children carry out their studies and work at the same time but the reality was a long way off. Shifa realizes their lives are no less than living behind the bars and unravels a secret that can vindicate them and alter their fate.
๐๐ธ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ถ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ท๐ฏ๐พ๐ต, ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ต๐ญ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ต๐ต, ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐พ๐ท๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ช๐ญ.
I totally adored the bond between the siblings. When Shifa got into trouble because of Themba, even though they weren’t related by blood Shifa’s love for her brother remains unchanged. However, I liked the world-building in this book but the elucidation of the division of society into Paragons, Outlanders, and Scavage could have been more descriptive. The profound portrayal of the characters and human emotions drawn by the author was like a cascade that gave a beautiful flow throughout the read.
Where the river runs gold is a book that facsimiles a dystopian world that could be possible in the near future if we don’t put enough efforts to save our present thriving world. A tale that underlines the love of family and emerging out with valor. Recommending it for an adventurous read.
Thanks to @hachette_india for the #gifted copy.๐ป
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