A review by goodthingsread
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I enjoyed this book a lot. I enjoy things like <i>Circe</i> and <I>Hild</i> and I felt like this novel blends seamlessly into making those books a kind of world spanning trilogy. I take mythological retellings very loosely, so I don't read this as some kind of super accurate representation of the events prior to the <i>Ramayana</i>; in fact, it makes me want to read it for the first time. This was fun, it was enjoyable, I liked the characters a lot. I understood Kaikeyi's choices, even if some of them seemed to end up wrong. I appreciated her growth throughout the story and sympathized with the moments that blindsided her and sent her tumbling into depression, as well as that which dragged her out of it. It's just really my kind of book and I look forward to more from this author in the future, whatever she chooses to do.
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