Scion of Ikshvaku by Amish (Book review)

I ended up my last year with this book. Well! to be honest I'm not a regular reader of Amish's books. It's that I heard a lot about his Shiva triology. That series turned out to be the best selling one.

I realized that it will be not easy for me to read all of his Shiva books consistently as I already had many other books on my bookshelf that I already planned to read. So I chose to buy this book -"Scion of Ikshvaku by Amish" because it was the first book of a new series written by him in 2015 and in 2017 he released the second series that is "Sita- Warrior of Mithila." So I was thinking if this book goes well then I will but the second book and how it goes? Lets discuss...

-The Story-

The first book of this Ram Chandra series is the story of Shri Ram from his birth to the abduction of Sita by Ravana. The birth of Shri Ram was considered as a curse to the kingdom because at the time of his birth King Dashrath lost the battle he was fighting with Ravana. But going further everything seemed to get balanced as Ram proved himself as the deserving king by defeating Ravana in a war.

-About the Story-

The book kept me hooked with his starting pages. The way Amish wrote the book is really impressive. Some aspects of the story we can relate with the history but some things were really hard to be believed. I'm talking about the character Roshni that he chose in this story. Manthara, we all know was a maid but in the story she is a rich merchant (My God! She must be blessing Amish for this kind act). Roshni is plotted as a doctor and daughter of Manthra. She is said to be the sister of all four sons of King Dashrath.

Well! It is a fiction and he has a right to do play with his imagination but why I can't accept it is simple that I KNOW THE WHOLE STORY OF RAMAYANA. That is why it is really hard for me to accept this part.

There is another part of Swayamvar of Sita. That is too unacceptable to me. Why?? Here you go;-

Vishwamitra take them both(Ram and Lakshman) to Mithila where he convince Ram to marry one of the daughter of King Janak. I accepted everything till that but the part when swayamvar started....

Condition was to pick up the bow and aim it to the fish's eye by watching in the water placed on the floor where as the fish was fixed to the revolving wheel above them. It was quite relating to the Draupadi swayamvar in Mahabharta. So it felt like he mingled it.

-Characterisation-

Amish should be praised for the way he has defined every character in the story. I really loved the entry of Ravana in the Hall of Dharma. It was one of the beautiful portrait of this book.

-All in the end-

I was very excited to read this novel but there is no eagerness on my face related to the second novel of this series as the Sita's character in this novel i didn't find amusing.

If you are a big fan of Shiva triology then I'm afraid that this novel might disappoint you as I read some reviews of the fans of Shiva Triology.

I won't be saying like "Don't read this book. It's not worthy." Actually the book is good but not to that level his last books really were. I would suggest this book to those :-

* Who are real fan of Amish's writing

* Who love mythological writings

* Who want to learn more about how to define a character

I want to give this book 3 stars out of 5. One for Amish, another for way of explaining things and another for the characterisation.