#bookreview : Sita warrior of mithila

Name: Sita warrior of Mithila

Series : ramchandra series

Author: Amish tripathi

Genre : Mythological Fantasy

Language : English

No of pages : 361

Release date : May 29 2017

ISBN : 9789386224583

My rating : 4 out of 5



Sita : warrior of mithila


           Too many forces are in play, forces you can't control, forces beyond your reach, the god of fire, one true God, Iraiva, the malayaputhras,vayuputhras,vaanars, kumbakarna, Raavan, ram, sita, and much more. the book opens with a shocking truth, new Vishnu had been chosen and it's not ram.

           Amish is back with his second installment of Ramchandra series, sita warrior of mithila, and it is brilliant. There has been many retelling of Ramayana especially sita's perspective, but all tried to make her a victim, even those with feminist views cornered sita, giving her no choice. but this book is not about retelling the old epic, its about rewriting with common sense. The whole book is lined with strong female characters from sita's mother, her friends samichi, radika, her mother in law koushalya. there comes a time when all the characters must choose a path or make a decision that will change their life and karma.

           This book serves as an origin story for sita. her journey from being adopted by sunanina and Janak and her path to becoming the next Vishnu and ends in the abduction by Raavan. This is the sita, classical literature forgot to show, not as a sweet innocent damsel but a brave fierce ferocious warrior. This is Amish own version of sita, not the one you have read or seen in movies.


          The story has a hyperlink narrative and it doesn't matter which book you read first, each is meant to be a standalone book. as a writer Amish had evolved so much when looking back to "immortals of mehula". he carried so such stuff and storylines maintaining the balance with each other.

           The book has a foundation layer that is all about freedom and rules. on which Amish build Ramayan with three hyperlinked stories that conclude at one point and all these are made to fits in his Shiva trilogy universe. he reinvented many ideas in terms of scientific and logical way. there is a mystery throughout the book which made it intriguing and page-turning.

           Writing is nonlinear, language is simple and compelling when needs to be, I do get the feeling that one should read Shiva trilogy to understand the Ramchandra series better even though both are meant to be a separate series. many concepts has been explained in Shiva trilogy which isn't done in Ramchandra, for example, prahars

            I don't like the portrayal of vaali, he's a big deal in original Ramayana, but he had just a few pages and one dialogue in this book, I really hope he will return in upcoming books.

           Overall the book is so compelling, has so many characters, so many storylines, so many mysteries, so many questions, can't wait for next installment and I'm going to read again the scion of ikshvaku.




P.S :

           As a tamizhan, i want to thank amish for explaining the difference between jallikattu and wester bull fight in a most elegant way possible .