This is the worst mythological fiction book I've ever read. I bought the book based on the review ratings and highly regretted reading it.
The author has not done proper research, or has deliberately misled the readers. For example, Shambala is supposed to be the kingdom where spiritually advanced people live, but the author has depicted them to be illiterate and cowardly villagers. One part which angered me was his writing where he insults our ancient Gurus (Acharyas) and Gurukuls by writing that they taught for a few coins, and making fun that they were taught under trees! The ancient Gurukuls were holy places where the highest teachings were given to the students for their spiritual advancement and to achieve the highest goal.
He is trying to cash in on the Indian mythological fiction genre which has been trending by great books such as the Shiva Trilogy, Vikramaditya Veergatha etc. My request to the author is, please don't denigrate India's rich culture and history, please write some other fiction if money is the only thing you're looking for. There are many ways to make money and please don't poison young minds with your misinformed knowledge and misguided information. Sorry if I sound rude, but I've frankly written what I felt. I spent 2 days to read the book and was utterly disappointed, a waste of time.
For the readers, please read other authors such as Amish Tripathi and Shatrujeet Nath, and other Indian authors who are doing a great job.
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I picked out this book because of all the good reviews that I read and my recent interest in Mythology. But this book was a very disappointing read. This book took me a whole two months to complete ( normally I would finish a book this size in a week). There were so many glaring grammatical mistakes in the book. Every time I found one I will lose interest in reading further. Hence the huge reading slump. It is very evident that the book was never proof read. In my images I have added few of the mistakes. Mind you this is less than 1 percent of the mistakes that you will find in the book.About the story itself, the characters were not described to an extent that will let you picturise them. Same with all the scenes. I was not able to picturise any of them. The main characters Kali and Kalki lacked the screen space. Too many characters who come and go and we're very difficult to keep a track of.Although I have purchased the second book on the series, I don't think I will be reading it any time soon. 😭
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Reviewed in India on 12 July 2018
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I picked out this book because of all the good reviews that I read and my recent interest in Mythology. But this book was a very disappointing read. This book took me a whole two months to complete ( normally I would finish a book this size in a week). There were so many glaring grammatical mistakes in the book. Every time I found one I will lose interest in reading further. Hence the huge reading slump. It is very evident that the book was never proof read. In my images I have added few of the mistakes. Mind you this is less than 1 percent of the mistakes that you will find in the book.
About the story itself, the characters were not described to an extent that will let you picturise them. Same with all the scenes. I was not able to picturise any of them. The main characters Kali and Kalki lacked the screen space. Too many characters who come and go and we're very difficult to keep a track of.
Although I have purchased the second book on the series, I don't think I will be reading it any time soon. 😭
About the story itself, the characters were not described to an extent that will let you picturise them. Same with all the scenes. I was not able to picturise any of them. The main characters Kali and Kalki lacked the screen space. Too many characters who come and go and we're very difficult to keep a track of.
Although I have purchased the second book on the series, I don't think I will be reading it any time soon. 😭
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Reviewed in India on 23 September 2018
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I have not read the book completely but covered more than 320 pages and I dont understand why this book has been rated 4+ because this book is completely typical bollywood masala. The expressions, fights, the characters are all over exaggerated.
Also one more thing it is really difficult to when two characters are conversing because the author adds a paragraph in between depicting their expressions and the next line, you won't understand who is the character that spoke.
You can try this book but i am not sure if you will enjoy.
Also one more thing it is really difficult to when two characters are conversing because the author adds a paragraph in between depicting their expressions and the next line, you won't understand who is the character that spoke.
You can try this book but i am not sure if you will enjoy.
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Reviewed in India on 17 April 2019
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The book quality was great
But i realized mythological fiction is not the genre for me i was bored to death
I clearly felt that having great vocabulary and a story are not the only requirements for writing a book.the gangster like talking,Use of expressions like "fell like dominos " were beyond my patience level
But i liked the idea and plot
Its a good read but not the best
And i have no idea why all these booktubers are constantly bluffing of this work
But i realized mythological fiction is not the genre for me i was bored to death
I clearly felt that having great vocabulary and a story are not the only requirements for writing a book.the gangster like talking,Use of expressions like "fell like dominos " were beyond my patience level
But i liked the idea and plot
Its a good read but not the best
And i have no idea why all these booktubers are constantly bluffing of this work
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