The Coin by Sandeep Sharma #BookReview Never Make A Plan #Books author_sandeep

The Coin by Sandeep Sharma is an interesting and engrossing 160-page action thriller. The fiction story has 3 key characters and all three have a strong characterization and a huge impact on each other. In fact, this is a story of power, money, and politics. It shows how power can corrupt a mind and malign a character. It also reflects how childhood bullying and physical assaults create a long-lasting impact on the mind of the child. During an early age, a child has a higher level of belief on his close relations and lesser knowledge of differentiating between right and wrong. An unnatural torture in the name of making a kid stronger against the world is an absolute misdeed. But then that is what life is. You find all kind of people around.

Author Sandeep Sharma has a special art in his writing style that creates enough curiosity about the characters and the circumstances in which they evolve. It prompts you to think about it. In fact, you keep intriguing while reading it and asking yourself - what next?

The story of The Coin is about a politician who is one of the richest person in the town and has enough power to manipulate things in his way. He adopts two boys in their early age but for a wrong purpose and his selfish motives. He also tries to manipulate them as the different sides of a coin. That is what the cover of the book says - 'There is no other side of the coin'.

There are a lot of spelling mistakes in The Coin. Brought becomes bought on page 13, 29, 88, and 97. Him becomes hin on page 15. Is becomes if on page 45. Hear becomes head on page 86. Now imagine you are reading such an interesting story, and you get annoying disruptors like this so frequently. The good point is that despite such disruptors, the story compels you to carry on and focus on the sequences to follow.

The story of The Coin reflects a really sad part of our country. Every system, policy, rule, and government machinery has a 'screwdriver'. You only need to identify this screwdriver who knows exactly when and how to tighten the loose ends. As Babban tries to explain - "He knows everyone inside out. Regardless of his position in the organization, he can even bend the top officers according to his will." And, in fact, every such screwdriver has a fee that we call as a bribe. Another learning is about the plans we make. It's foolish to plan because if it fails, you have nothing left other than wait to face the consequences.

And the third important learning is as Chandan says, "I have seen in this world, there's no good. Everyone is pretending to be human, but actually, there's no one. The definition of human is wrong. We are just animals with a higher intellect. There's no difference between the wilds who are wandering outside and the one who is wandering inside in all of us."

Overall, The Coin is an interesting story of Dharmender, Chandan, and Raunak. Just read and try to match yourself with one of them. Or you also believe that there's no other side of a coin?