The Steal-Yuvaraja Dhayanithi

Book: The Steal

Author: Yuvaraja Dhayanithi

Publisher: Dreamblooms Media

There is a point in everyone’s life that they say was a pivotal moment for them, a point when everything changed, and things were never same after that.

Welcome to the world of Sofia who is a medical student finishing her internship in Germany. The book opens with Sofia having a nightmare and she is so scared that she decides to go for a walk and she sits on a bench in the park, where she encounters a man who comes and sits next to her on the bench and they start talking and when he asks why she was sitting there, she responds by saying that she’s planning to rob the “Bad Bank” which was right next to the park. Unknown to both of them, this sparks a chain of events no one would have imagined. As the days pass by, they hatch out a plan to actually rob the bank and meticulous planning ensues with decoys and the works, but what they could not have foreseen were some events that would change the course of their plans. With their luck, they pull off the heist successfully and they start living life out of a fairytale. Everything is perfect till the other shoe drops and the past comes calling. What happens next is the story of The Steal.

The Steal is a nice idea and the author has successfully created a different kind of a story but in this pursuit, the plot sidetracked a bit. The plot moves at an interesting pace initially, but some events seem extremely fanciful. The heist could have been projected a bit better with all the planning that was initially planned. The story after the heist moved at a very fast pace. Though a fast-paced thriller is appreciated, it went a tad-bit too fast and the ends started closing really quickly. As a reader, I would have preferred a little more context on the opening scene of the book, a meatier PI and most of all, a bit edgier Mohan & Sofia.

On the characters aspect, they are really superficial, and we just have a bit of the backstory of Mohan and nothing else. The back story of Mike was also very simple and could have worked wonders had we had more information on him. The climax got highlighted almost at the middle of the book but with due credit to the author, it was not that obvious.

A special mention to the cover of the book. It is designed beautifully, and the blurb of the book makes you pick up the book. The cinema-like credits on the back cover are an interesting touch. The credits page is a nice touch.

I enjoyed reading this and would recommend it for someone looking for a fast thriller. Yuvaraja Dhayanithi steals a 3.5/5 from me.