Book review- The war of Lanka by Amish Tripathi (Ramachandra Series- Part 4)
The latest book in Ramachandra Series is titled “ The war of Lanka ”. The narrative that was set through previous books in the series for the three main characters of the series i.e. Ram, Sita, and Raavan finally crash into each other and explode in a slaying war plot. Since it is the Amishverse , "The War of Lanka '' has its own set of unpredictability and new-set-of-angles. But one thing is for sure… this is no retelling of the original war. What continues to be original are the names of characters and places and the outcome… However, the mode of the war takes another avenue . It is a full-on-Bollywood-style drama with a Hollywood-style-war strategy. There are many occasions in the book which are a sheer pleasure to read and yet there are a few explanations that are duplicative (from the previous series) and others not-so-required elaboration. The war aims to strive for two things- first to win over evil/bad people and second to finalize the next ‘Vishnu’ – the flag b...