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sravreads's review
3.0
This was my book seven in twenty-one of 2021.
I really gave this three stars not for Andal's writing, but for the interpretation.
I actually leaned towards liking Ravi's interpretation a little more but Priya did a wonderful job as well. It was a great book and was short and succinct for the reader to pick up the beautiful words of Godha devi. I just wished that rather than having to read every poem twice, with very few meaning alterations between the two versions, they should have worked together to translate everything. It would have been more meaningful for the authors to have a more solidified version, and for the readers too.
Overall though, it was a great short book. It was a great non-fiction supplemental read to read alongside of The Queen of Jasmine Country to pick up on the poems while learning about the author.
I really gave this three stars not for Andal's writing, but for the interpretation.
I actually leaned towards liking Ravi's interpretation a little more but Priya did a wonderful job as well. It was a great book and was short and succinct for the reader to pick up the beautiful words of Godha devi. I just wished that rather than having to read every poem twice, with very few meaning alterations between the two versions, they should have worked together to translate everything. It would have been more meaningful for the authors to have a more solidified version, and for the readers too.
Overall though, it was a great short book. It was a great non-fiction supplemental read to read alongside of The Queen of Jasmine Country to pick up on the poems while learning about the author.
perspectives's review
3.0
This was my book seven in twenty-one of 2021.
I really gave this three stars not for Andal's writing, but for the interpretation.
I actually leaned towards liking Ravi's interpretation a little more but Priya did a wonderful job as well. It was a great book and was short and succinct for the reader to pick up the beautiful words of Godha devi. I just wished that rather than having to read every poem twice, with very few meaning alterations between the two versions, they should have worked together to translate everything. It would have been more meaningful for the authors to have a more solidified version, and for the readers too.
Overall though, it was a great short book. It was a great non-fiction supplemental read to read alongside of The Queen of Jasmine Country to pick up on the poems while learning about the author.
I really gave this three stars not for Andal's writing, but for the interpretation.
I actually leaned towards liking Ravi's interpretation a little more but Priya did a wonderful job as well. It was a great book and was short and succinct for the reader to pick up the beautiful words of Godha devi. I just wished that rather than having to read every poem twice, with very few meaning alterations between the two versions, they should have worked together to translate everything. It would have been more meaningful for the authors to have a more solidified version, and for the readers too.
Overall though, it was a great short book. It was a great non-fiction supplemental read to read alongside of The Queen of Jasmine Country to pick up on the poems while learning about the author.
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