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Kaikeyi: A Novel

Vaishnavi Patel

4.23 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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
adventurous inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

So damn good!!!
adventurous challenging emotional 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

I loved this story.  I know very little about the story of Rama or Hindu. But the author made a this very magical, emotional,  and imaginative. 

emotional reflective sad tense 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

I really enjoyed this! I feel like this one was best savored and I’m glad I took my time with it. The ending was quick which wasn’t what I expected but after reading more about the history of the original myth I’m satisfied with that. I absolutely loved the concept of Kaikeyi’s binding plane and the ability to view relationships and even manipulate them. I recently watched the movie inside out 2 and while so different the visualization for the binding plane reminded me of that. I also loved seeing all the relationships play out within marriage and children during this story. I feel like this was such a unique way of looking at a family structure that I did not expect. The main drawbacks were some parts foreshadowed which felt like spoilers since I wasn’t familiar with this myth beforehand and I would have loved them to shock me! 
adventurous emotional 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: Yes
adventurous challenging dark 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: Yes
adventurous emotional 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

Would have been a 5 star but the ending just kind of ended. I feel unresolved
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

Ce roman me faisait un peu peu car j'en avais entendu beaucoup de bien mais je savais qu'il serait dense et j'avais peur de me trouver perdue dedans.
Je dois avouer que ce n'était pas du tout ce à quoi je m'attendais sur le plan de l'écriture je l'ai trouvé très accessible et facile à lire. Très bien écrit aussi et c'était un très bon moment.
J'ai beaucoup aimé de suivre kaikeyi sur le trajet de sa vie, comprendre ses choix et pourquoi elle les a fait ainsi que les conséquences que ses choix ont eu. 
Je ne savais pas grand-chose sur Ramayana et ce qu'il y a autour à la base mais cela m'a donné envie de me renseigner et d'en découvrir davantage.
Une excellente lecture que je recommande vivement !