A review by wordylocks
Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana by Swapna Kishore, Tabish Khair, Sharanya Manivannan, Indrapramit Das, Vandana Singh, Lavie Tidhar, Julia A. Rosenthal, Anil Menon, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Deepak Unnikrishnan, Sucharita Dutta-Asane, Abirami Velliangiri, Lavanya Karthik, Manjula Padmanabhan, Tori Truslow, Aishwarya Subramanian, Pervin Saket, Neelanjana Banerjee, Pratap Reddy, Shweta Narayan, Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Molshree Ambastha, K. Srilata, Abha Dawesar, Kuzhali Manickavel

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

A mixed bag of stories, some more effective than others at taking the spirit of the Ramayana and using it to create new stories. The best ones question the epic in though provoking ways, encouraging the reader to see it differently.