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Book Review-- The Woman Who Saw The Future

Want to read a good thriller? This is the book for you!  About the Author and the Book Amit Sharma, like any other IT professional (including me), calls himself an IT salve and I agree to it. But as an author he is wonderful. I’m so glad that right after Demons in my mind, I picked this book ‘The Woman who saw the future’. So, what is the book about? As the title says, it is about a lady who could see the future and uses her power to prevent many of the mishaps. The plot (without revealing too much) It is the story of Sapna who could see future, specifically major disasters in her dreams. The author tells the story in the words of not just one narrator, but in the words of all the people associated with Sapna, her parents, her friends, her colleagues. This book is an interesting read as one does feel and realise that seeing future is not always a boon. It starts with the news of Sapna’s death and how her family gets effected. The author has given a wonderf
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