Saksham Agarwal

The book certainly has it's flaws and shortcomings, but is overall very enjoyable for an Indian. The writing style of the story is very similar to the style used in many Indian tales and legends related to mythology. If you remove the modern references and the parts about Dr chandra and Suryamurthy, I wouldn't hesitate to believe this is taken straight from mythology or that this is a translation of a story written in like 1000ad, or maybe 220bc. The writer doesn't go much into details and descriptions, and leaves much to the reader's imagination. Such is understandable for historical tales since the details would be lost to time, but in this story their lack kind of felt cheap. There are also no strong female characters. Like the two main female characters from the tale are the worried lover and the trapped princess. In this modern age of feminism and female empowerment, the lack of strong female characters was quite off-putting. There is also the fact that throughout the story, it never truly felt like the protagonists were in any true danger. All their problems were solved rather easily and the villains were quite weak. The plot twists were well written and never did I predict the betrayal. The small bits of mythology sprinkled here and there were a very nice touch. The book felt a bit short in all honesty. Due to the lack of descriptions, characters exploration and details about literally everything, the book was shorter than it should have been. I know I am being a bit too harsh in criticizing this story, but there are issues that cannot be ignored or looked over that if resolved, could make this a ten times better story. Over all, I do enjoy the story very much, and ask the same question as Jaya and Vijaya, when are you going on the next adventure mohan? Though I hope the writing will be a bit better.