The Adventures of Feluda (VOL-1) ~ Book Review

About the Author

The Adventures of Feluda is a detective novel series created by the Bengali author Satyajit Ray. Satyajit Ray wears several hats, apart from being an exceptional author, he is also an Oscar-Winning Filmmaker, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. Some of his famous books are - Professor Shonku and Feluda.

About the Book

Feluda or Prodosh Chandra Mitter is a really intelligent Bengali detective with many tricks up his sleeve. Feluda is regarded as the Bengali equivalent of the legendary Sherlock Holmes. He is accompanied by his cousin, Tapesh Ranjan (Feluda calls him ‘Topshe’), and also his author friend Jatayu. The trio goes on to solve a lot of cases. The stories come in 2 volumes and I’ve only read the first one.

Review

The Adventures of Feluda is really a good read, especially during the holidays. The stories are all meticulously woven by Satyajit Ray. With the wise storyline combined with the flabbergasting characterization, this book is one of my all-time favorites and it was indeed a very delightful read. Me being myself was not much into these detective novels (I do watch detective movies😜).

After reading The Adventures of Feluda I got into reading more detective novels. It was after reading this book, I started reading Byomkesh Bakshi which was also authored by another Bengali author who goes by the name of Saradindu Bandodhapay. Byomkesh Bakshi was also a really good book (a review on that is coming soon). There is something about these Bengali detective series that I really enjoy and I do not exactly know what that is, It is probably the writing style and the settings of the stories that really caught my attention and now I am eagerly waiting to lay my hands on Feluda VOL.2. So yes, It is an enjoyable read albeit I must warn you that, it is pretty big and is quite heavy, to say the least. I read this book months back in 2021 but then I forgot to write a review! So there you go, The Adventures of Feluda Vol-1~Book Review.

That’s it for now,

Thanks for reading,

Bye!

-Rajat