Reviews

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

hr_b's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

xia_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective

4.5

tori_renee_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

While the beginning was a bit slow for me at times, I was fully absorbed in the second half of the book. I felt so much feminine rage while reading this. The eternal plight of women is wanting to make a difference only to be told we don’t matter or blamed for the follies of men.

I’m not sure I feel more enlightened after reading this, but I do feel seen. This was such an interesting take on a mythological retelling and does an excellent job of sharing the other side of “evil” women. 

princess_gtm122's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

skaslow13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

bambdelion's review against another edition

4.0

It started off slow, but picked up around the 50% mark. After that, I was anxious to see how the narrative developed and how the pieces related to one another. 

haleytaryn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

angrymilk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Incredible main character, with a complex climax. As something that is interpreting a well-known epic, there's a lot of ways that a book like this can stumble, but I think this is an honest and fantastic interpretation that adds even more complexity and humanity to it.

cooturtle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

suchita's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0