A review by fairymodmother
Ramayana by Vālmīki

4.0

I enjoy learning myths from all parts of the world, and find it fascinating how these early storytellers and writers saw heroism, plot, dialogue, gender relations and all sorts of things. I do believe a culture is its stories, and this one was full of people who wanted to do good, mostly. It read like a very confident back story by a first time roleplayer that just went on and on, and I love that as an idea of where writing should start. So great.

Was it too long? Absolutely. Was it a bit absurd in how perfect Ram was seen? Sure. But for an early story, it was fluid and dramatic. Definitely worth the time!