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brittney_tyler 's review for:
Aru Shah and the Song of Death
by Roshani Chokshi
Star Rating: 5 stars
Note: This is the 2nd book in the Pandava series so this will not be an in-depth review.
When I found out that this book was coming out, I immediately put it on the anticipated book list that I make every year so that I can put in purchase orders from my library as the release dates come up (I don’t buy new releases as I don’t buy books often and I don’t want to waste money on books I may not like so I read them from my library first and then if I enjoy them, I buy my own copies.) This book continues the story of Aru Shah, who learns in the first book that she is a reincarnated version of one of the Pandava brothers of Hindu mythology and is tasked with going on a series of adventures and may just end up saving the world.
My favorite part of this book was the themes that it plays with such as how all friendships and families are different and there is nothing wrong with that, bullying and ingrained prejudice are wrong even if one has grown up with them, and every story has multiple perspectives/viewpoints and it is important to consider everyone’s and not just take things at face value. First off, the characters in this book come from many different family backgrounds, some of which they are ashamed of, and they have to learn over the course of the book that ever family is different and that isn’t a bad thing as it leads to every individual being unique. As well as coming from a variety of different family situations, there is a character who deals with ingrained prejudice and her friends learn over the course of the novel that prejudice is still wrong even if it is ingrained. Finally, over the course of the adventure in this book, our characters learn that just because they have heard a story a certain way, it doesn’t mean that is only way the story could be told or understood. I really appreciated all the lessons that Chokshi was trying to teach children and I hope she continues to share/impart this knowledge in the rest of the series.
All in all, this was a great continuation of the Pandava, and I will eagerly be awaiting the next installment. 5 stars!!!!!!
Note: This is the 2nd book in the Pandava series so this will not be an in-depth review.
When I found out that this book was coming out, I immediately put it on the anticipated book list that I make every year so that I can put in purchase orders from my library as the release dates come up (I don’t buy new releases as I don’t buy books often and I don’t want to waste money on books I may not like so I read them from my library first and then if I enjoy them, I buy my own copies.) This book continues the story of Aru Shah, who learns in the first book that she is a reincarnated version of one of the Pandava brothers of Hindu mythology and is tasked with going on a series of adventures and may just end up saving the world.
My favorite part of this book was the themes that it plays with such as how all friendships and families are different and there is nothing wrong with that, bullying and ingrained prejudice are wrong even if one has grown up with them, and every story has multiple perspectives/viewpoints and it is important to consider everyone’s and not just take things at face value. First off, the characters in this book come from many different family backgrounds, some of which they are ashamed of, and they have to learn over the course of the book that ever family is different and that isn’t a bad thing as it leads to every individual being unique. As well as coming from a variety of different family situations, there is a character who deals with ingrained prejudice and her friends learn over the course of the novel that prejudice is still wrong even if it is ingrained. Finally, over the course of the adventure in this book, our characters learn that just because they have heard a story a certain way, it doesn’t mean that is only way the story could be told or understood. I really appreciated all the lessons that Chokshi was trying to teach children and I hope she continues to share/impart this knowledge in the rest of the series.
All in all, this was a great continuation of the Pandava, and I will eagerly be awaiting the next installment. 5 stars!!!!!!