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Kartikeya
by Anuja Chandramouli
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I would say I liked the book but not too the extent that I expected. We Indians have heard many stories about Lord Shiva’s and Parvati’s son, Lord Ganesha, from our childhood, but there are rare stories about their another son, Lord Kartikeya. So when I read the title, I definitely wanted to know more about him. But I am sad to say that there were many occasions when I just wanted to mark it as DNF.
The purpose of Kartikeya’s birth was to kill the Asura king, Soorapadma, one of the three sons of Maya. I thought the story is going to be more about how he killed Soorapadma but it was more of what happened after that? To my surprise, the main antagonist was not Soorapadma but was the God of the heaven Indra. I can say that this story is far from what I have read about Kartikeya in stories from Puranas. It is definitely more of a retelling. This story was more about the emotions of others involved in the story. Most of the first part revolves around the birth of Kartikeya, but I wanted to know more about his doings after his birth. There are too many details about the events before his birth and were not at all necessary. I would definitely say that the writing of the author was the most difficult part for me. There were so many new words which made it really hard for me to go smoothly throughout the story. It was kind of too “advanced”. I am not sure if it is her general writing style or it is just for this book. However, the main issue that I had with this book was the explicit erotic content. It was a LOT which I don’t expect in an Indian mythology. It was there in the almost whole book right from the beginning to the end and it was too graphic. There were a few sections where women were shown as full of desire and lust. Even the portrayal of Shiva is in the same way which I didn’t like at all.
In spite of all these shortcomings, I gave this book 3 stars instead of just 2 because of the last 20-30 pages where we get the introduction of Chitra and Ganesha. That part was quite good and fast pacing. But here also, the story that the author told about Ganesha’s birth was quite different from what I knew since childhood.
I would recommend this book for only those who have read this author’s work previously and like her writing. Also, certain mythological fiction lovers can like this but yes it is not at all suitable for someone below 18.
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I would say I liked the book but not too the extent that I expected. We Indians have heard many stories about Lord Shiva’s and Parvati’s son, Lord Ganesha, from our childhood, but there are rare stories about their another son, Lord Kartikeya. So when I read the title, I definitely wanted to know more about him. But I am sad to say that there were many occasions when I just wanted to mark it as DNF.
The purpose of Kartikeya’s birth was to kill the Asura king, Soorapadma, one of the three sons of Maya. I thought the story is going to be more about how he killed Soorapadma but it was more of what happened after that? To my surprise, the main antagonist was not Soorapadma but was the God of the heaven Indra. I can say that this story is far from what I have read about Kartikeya in stories from Puranas. It is definitely more of a retelling. This story was more about the emotions of others involved in the story. Most of the first part revolves around the birth of Kartikeya, but I wanted to know more about his doings after his birth. There are too many details about the events before his birth and were not at all necessary. I would definitely say that the writing of the author was the most difficult part for me. There were so many new words which made it really hard for me to go smoothly throughout the story. It was kind of too “advanced”. I am not sure if it is her general writing style or it is just for this book. However, the main issue that I had with this book was the explicit erotic content. It was a LOT which I don’t expect in an Indian mythology. It was there in the almost whole book right from the beginning to the end and it was too graphic. There were a few sections where women were shown as full of desire and lust. Even the portrayal of Shiva is in the same way which I didn’t like at all.
In spite of all these shortcomings, I gave this book 3 stars instead of just 2 because of the last 20-30 pages where we get the introduction of Chitra and Ganesha. That part was quite good and fast pacing. But here also, the story that the author told about Ganesha’s birth was quite different from what I knew since childhood.
I would recommend this book for only those who have read this author’s work previously and like her writing. Also, certain mythological fiction lovers can like this but yes it is not at all suitable for someone below 18.
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