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A review by emmaraeempowered
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Aaaahhhhhh this book is so good!!!!!!!!
This book is truly fantastic! Astonishing! Magnificent! I can't believe this was the authors debut.
Going into this I knew very little in regards to Hindu legends, that hindrance did not at all get in the way of my enjoyment of this book. I loved the story, I loved how we grew up with Kaikeyi and understood her more. I felt so emotional while reading, I even cried at multiple times. I read this frequently on my lunch breaks at work and felt upset each time my break was up because all I wanted to do was read this book.
I loved how much Kaikeyi was motivated to change things within the kingdom for women, how she was not only pissed at her own experiences of being overlooked, talked down to, pushed out, and more - but she was also pissed witnessing those things happen to other women.
I loved how when she had her sons she vowed to make sure they did not grow up to be men who disrespected women.
I loved how her relationship with her husband was written. It was a forced marriage that she hated of course because she did not get to choose (I'd be livid too), as the years went by she stayed feeling very indifferent. Once earning her husbands trust she was able to influence some decisions. She stated multiple times how she did not feel any love or desire toward her husband, but instead viewed him as a dear friend. The way that Kaikeyi is written felt like the author was intentionally writting an asexual character which I think is great as asexuality is often not represented. (I use the word intentionally because it felt that way to me, but I haven't done any further research to see if the author has out right said that.)
Each character stood out in their own personality I rarely mixed up characters, and there are a lot of characters.
I absolute loved the ending. So I won't go into detail. But I loved it. I love when stories end as if an Elder has ended the story and I must wait till later to get another thrilling tale from them.
This book is truly fantastic! Astonishing! Magnificent! I can't believe this was the authors debut.
Going into this I knew very little in regards to Hindu legends, that hindrance did not at all get in the way of my enjoyment of this book. I loved the story, I loved how we grew up with Kaikeyi and understood her more. I felt so emotional while reading, I even cried at multiple times. I read this frequently on my lunch breaks at work and felt upset each time my break was up because all I wanted to do was read this book.
I loved how much Kaikeyi was motivated to change things within the kingdom for women, how she was not only pissed at her own experiences of being overlooked, talked down to, pushed out, and more - but she was also pissed witnessing those things happen to other women.
I loved how when she had her sons she vowed to make sure they did not grow up to be men who disrespected women.
I loved how her relationship with her husband was written. It was a forced marriage that she hated of course because she did not get to choose (I'd be livid too), as the years went by she stayed feeling very indifferent. Once earning her husbands trust she was able to influence some decisions. She stated multiple times how she did not feel any love or desire toward her husband, but instead viewed him as a dear friend. The way that Kaikeyi is written felt like the author was intentionally writting an asexual character which I think is great as asexuality is often not represented. (I use the word intentionally because it felt that way to me, but I haven't done any further research to see if the author has out right said that.)
Each character stood out in their own personality I rarely mixed up characters, and there are a lot of characters.
I absolute loved the ending. So I won't go into detail. But I loved it. I love when stories end as if an Elder has ended the story and I must wait till later to get another thrilling tale from them.