The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi

The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Utterly Disappointed !!!!!!!

I cant believe this book was written by the same author as the other two books in the series. Everything that was good in the previous instalments of the series suddenly disappears. I was very excited to read this book and despite the fact that it is more than 550 pages , I was confident to complete it in a day or two but it took me more than a week . The reason why I disliked this book are as under.

1. The book was way lengthier than it should have been. There was a lot of detailing of the infrastructures , cities , gardens , science , philosophy , war strategies and what not. The author went on pages describing un-necessary things making the pace of the book dead slow and boring. we get it , the civilisation back then was very developed but boasting too much on there great infrastructure and science make it unrealistic. At least 200 pages could have easily been trimmed.

2. Too Dramatic. This book suddenly turned from being a brilliant story and script to a typically Bollywood movie. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I just wanted to get it over with . I don't want to put in any spoiler here but the readers will definitely understand what I am referring to .

3. The entire point of maintaining truth and dharma was compromised. Wasn't that the foundation of the plot, to be true and to fight injustice. To keep up to the dharma. How in the world did the climax justify this.

I will just quote few lines from the first book

" What if Lord Shiva was not a figment of a rich imagination , but a person of flesh and blood? Like you and me. A man who rose to become god like because of his karma."

I guess the author forgot this.

I rate this book as 1* . Don't waste your time on this even if you are done with the other two. Imagine the end of your own , I bet it will be definitely better then the actual one.

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The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi

The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

After reading the first book of the trilogy , my hopes were high for the second instalment and it lived up to its expectations . Amaish have already created the image of the Meluha Empire in his first book and now was the time to describe the rest of India and how it differed from Meluha. This was done with utter perfection.

Throughout the plot there was a sense of suspense which will not let one lay down the book. The pace of the book was really good as always. The plot that Amish have started to build in the first book will be finally shaped and a clear picture would start to emerged at the end and yet will keep the readers curious on what happens next .

The link between the real word and the world created by the Author is very strong. Amish have used the real places and many legends in his story that allows the readers to connect easily. One can actually understand the voyage taken by Shiva and his entourage and not get confused as a lot of time and pages are spent on describing the journey .

Overall I will definitely recommend this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading through it . I just have one thing to say here is that I liked the first book better than this , but it could be only because of the high expectation I had for this. Eagerly waiting for the next and the final book in the Trilogy .

I rate this book a strong 4 * and a must read.

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