Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: What you must know about the New Corona (COVID19) infection:

Subtitle: COVID19 Symptoms,Prevention, Awareness

Author: Amrita Basu

Genre: Non-fiction, medical

Part of a series? No

Order in series:

Best read after earlier books in series? No

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52207753-what-you-must-know-about-the-new-corona-covid19-infection

Overall score:

I scored this book 3/5

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Short Summary of the book:

As is so often the case with books of this type, they are already out-of-date by the time they are published.

The author gives a concise piece of information about the Corona virus which holds our world to ransom. It is a rapidly evolving subject and by the time I read it, it was already outdated.

For baseline and background information, the book is okay.

What I liked about the book:

The book was written in a style which was easily to understand.

What I didn’t like about the book:

Despite the book being easily understandable, in places it went into details the lay public may struggle to understand.

My favourite bits in the book:

This is a book giving facts, there were no favourite bits as such.

My least favourite bits in the book:

The bits that gave facts already outdated by the time the book was published. This is by no means the fault of the author. Corona virus and the knowledge about it, change rapidly and guidance changed within a matter of hours at the start of the pandemic.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

I believe this to be a stand-alone book although the author has written many books with medical or medical-related subjects.

What books could this be compared to and why?

Any books which give basic information on a (medical) subject.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:

Children No

Young Adult Maybe

Adult Yes

If you like finding out about medical subjects, this book may be the book for you. Please bear in mind the knowledge about this subject has progressed and the information held within the book is partially outdated.

I look forward to reading more books by this author.

Book Description by Author:

This little information booklet was written to spread awareness about the New Coronavirusus or COVID19. You will know about the problem, symptoms, and prevention as a community.

About the Author:

Dr. Amrita Basu is an ENT surgeon, previously a teacher in a medical college, author and mommy to a five-year-old little girl. She started writing two and a half years back when she realized she had a passion for sharing healthy lifestyle stories.

She is the author of six books, Fruits for Life: Nutrition secrets your doctor won’t tell, Picky Eaters: Guaranteed hacks to make you happy and several publications online and offline.

She is the creator of Healthwealthbridge (healthwealthbridge.com) one of the top health –wellness mom blogs in India.Dr. Amrita has been featured in several top publications online and in print. Through the Healthwealthbridge blog and books .Dr. Amrita offers a refreshing perspective about living healthy, loving life and praying hard.If she is not researching her latest book, you can find her reading, pottering about her balcony garden or playing with her daughter.

Though she will forever be a Kolkata girl at heart, she shares a special relationship with Delhi and now lives in Malda town(India) with her husband and daughter.