Unconvincing supergirl
PAROMITA PAIN
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Too many guns and injured men... but Nikki seems a brave girl.
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A school trip and a chance witness to a murder is the start of Nikki's unending adventures and G. S Dutt's book An endless journey. Nikki is brave — really brave. It must take some guts for a girl her age to sight a murderer and not run away screaming. She faces guns and injured men with alarming regularity that soon becomes a tad too monotonous. And that's exactly the problem with the narrative — little has been done to relive the sameness of it all. An unconvincing heroine, Nikki often also doesn't feel hungry or a need to change clothes.
Portrayed as a super girl who meets tribals and encounters pagan rituals with an anthropologist who doesn't bother to see her off home safely, she is unconvincing in her prowess. Her razor sharp capabilities make sure she is bang on target always. As the last pages of the book reveal the journey is truly endless, for, to know her real fate we must wait for the sequel.
An endless journey by G. S Dutt, Wisdom Tree Publications
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