Scion of Ikshvaku by Amish TripathiMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I started reading this book with little apprehension about how the author is going to capture life style of people five thousand years back. But in the end I found it quite ok and acceptable.
I have read the Ramanyana many times and, specially Ramcharitmanas, and any slight change in the story doesn't go down well. But in this book the writer has avoided over-indulgence and have kept the narrative simple and traditional. though the author has taken some liberty to explain certain concepts.
The book makes deliberate attempts to address some of the issues that India face today and there are some interesting discussions.
The discussion that take place between Maharishi vashishtha and Ram about deva and Asura rules is interesting. Similarly the duscussion between Ram, Bharat, and Sita about religion vs rules is quite interesting.
The story looses its track at multiple places. The incident related to Roshni got dragged a bit. It doesn't fit into the theme of the book.
Overall I liked this book and I would rate this book 3/5.
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