Sita: Warrior of Mithila. By: Amish Tripathi

Time spent reading: 11 hours 10 mins

The first book in the series was left on a cliff hanger like any good writer would do and this time around I did not wait for the book to go on sale. I picked one us as soon as I could get my hands on it without delay. I did not a need a second reason to catch up with my favorite princess and of course Sita.

Like always I don’t know if it is my place to write a review for this book…but its my right.

"Sita: Warrior of Mithilais not so much a book about a spouse of a Lord past, as much as an inquiry into the feminine principle of statesmanship... It would be a crying shame to dismiss this as just another work of mythological fiction. It is transformatively so much more". Gayatri Jayaraman (An actual Book critic)

Short Summary

The second book in the ‘Ramchandra Trilogy’ is the story of ‘Sita’ the wife of Shri Ram and his constant companion on his journey to change the face of the ‘Saptsindhu’ and infact the whole of India. In this installment of the tri series we look at the story from Sita’s point of view. We get answers to, how Jatayu and Hanuman are associated with the story. This books also puts Sita in a new light, like we never might have imagined.

My take

True to his writing style so far ‘Amish Tripati’ does not miss a beat when it comes to storytelling and language. The story moves in a liner timeline and just the way I like to read. The first few chapters were very easy to read and showed ‘Sita’ in a better light than the first book.

Half way through the book though it all goes downhill, from the time she meet Ram or fate decides that it is time for both if them to meet, thing go alarmingly disturbing. I felt as if I was reading the 1st book again, while I understand that there will be similar incidences in both books as it is the same story from a different perspective, I failed to see that or rather I wasn’t made to see it. It was very difficult to look at the same set of words, arranged in the same set of patters or read it with a different perspective.

I felt cheated, because I had paid for a new book but instead what I bought was half of the same book again with a few chapters thrown in to help it masquerade as new published work. May be Amish’s inexperience shone through, may be he lost a battle with the publishers, whatever the reason. To sell someone half a book and then charge them full amount is cheating in my books

Time spent reading: 11 hours 10 mins