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A review by modestyblaise
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
3.0
Rick Riordan does this cool thing where he supports minority authors and introduces then under his "Rick Riordan Presents" banner. So this series is pretty much exactly like the Percy Jackson series or the Magnus Chase series or the Egyptian series that Riordan wrote but this 5 book series was written by an Indian author about demigods within Indian myths. My 13 year old loved it and has already read the next two and loved them as well. I DM pretty sure if your kid likes Rick Riordan, they would like this book too.
But as an adult, I felt meh. I don't love Out-of-the-Frying-Pan-into-the-Fire on repeat type stories. I did enjoy Percy Jackson and Magnus Chase but I don't need 20 other series with kinda the same premise. I am, however, glad my son is getting insight into India culture and mythology. And that he has a series he is interested in. I also noticed 3 different rather cool ways to describe beauty.
But as an adult, I felt meh. I don't love Out-of-the-Frying-Pan-into-the-Fire on repeat type stories. I did enjoy Percy Jackson and Magnus Chase but I don't need 20 other series with kinda the same premise. I am, however, glad my son is getting insight into India culture and mythology. And that he has a series he is interested in. I also noticed 3 different rather cool ways to describe beauty.