Read book review of Immortals of Meluha here.
This review was originally posted at my personal blog Pages from Serendipity on October 13, 2012
If you haven’t read 'The Immortals of Meluha'
yet, then you are too early for this page. Immortals of Meluha was more
than a fiction, more than a mythology and definitely more than a
time-pass read. It’s last page left us all eager to know the
consequences of Naga’s attempt to kidnap Sati.
Though there was a few months’ lapse in
my starting with the second book, I had no memory problem in remembering
the roles of the characters, what a vikarma meant and where exactly
were the main characters on the then map of India. I didn’t have to
search the pages of the first one even once. No, not because of my
memory! If you’ve been affected by the thrill of the first book, you’ll
know because of what.
The secret of the Nagas involves travels
and voyages through land, sea and forest that Shiva and His crew takes
in search of the cruel Nagas. Like how there came about an unexpected
turning point when He reached the Chandravanshi place, there is yet
another twist that He finds at the Naga place. However, we would not
know what exactly it is until the last of the trilogy series gets
released :(
All that we get amused about, or even perhaps shocked about in this
book is to know who the Nagas are. With a few touching pages, Amish has
explored again the concepts of good and evil in the beautiful
narrations. Lord Rudra gets highlighted this time.
- You’ll find that the Neelkanth is more popular and respected now, so much respected that none could be His enemy (including the Nagas!)
- His confusions about what His destiny is, though not resolved, begins to get into shape.
- His perceptions of good and evil, again though not clear, undergoes in-depth understandings through the Vasudevs.
- His nightmares continue to persist.
- And there comes a new light about His past tribal life.
Initially I assumed the second part
wasn’t as gripping as the first. That was just a prejudice of a reader
holding a sequel! Now, The Immortals of Meluha doesn’t seem important at
all, at least not as much as The oath of the Vayuputras is :roll:
In case you feel the same way, wait until the crew reaches Kashi, the
plot gets heated up from this point. And from the place Icchawar, I did
an over night read. You cannot dare to sleep with so much of suspense in
your brain.
The plot moves faster, as fast as to
cross a couple of years in a chapter’s part. And so would any reader.
Yet another book worth spending time with. No wonder the third is
awaiting welcome!
Book: The Secret of the Nagas
Author: Amish Tripathi
This review was originally posted at my personal blog Pages from Serendipity on October 13, 2012
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