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#LITEROMA Book Review: "Emergency Ward" by Revant Bhatia

** Thanks to the author for sharing a print copy for review. ** ** Thanks to our reviewer for reviewing the book on behalf of Literoma. ** Book Title: Emergency Ward Author: Revant Bhatia Language: English Category: Short Fiction Type: Novella No of pages: <60 Target Readers: Young adults True to its sub-title - a short novella! Hardly enclosed within 50 odd pages, but the content is quite dense. As they rightly say, a book should not be judged by its cover, but my first reason of picking up the book was its cover and the thinness. Time is very short in hand for us all, especially for quick read hunters like me; so this book was a perfect fit. The core story centres around a young guy and his uncle, who faces lots of hardships and haunting facts of family, suddenly turning his hunky dory life into a different orbit. But at the end, he emerges out of it with lots of learnings. Do I see Revant's own shadow in his protagonist?  The plot and descriptions are so cinematic that it oft...