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Goddess of the River
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This is not what I usually read and hadn't this been an Illumicrate monthly pick, I, quite frankly, wouldn't have picked it up in the first place.
However, this was definitely interesting for many and different reasons.
I am, by any and all means, not familiar with Hindu Mythology, so I went completely blind into this. I can see though how a little bit of research beforehand could help better understand and follow certain plot points and family relationships rather than going into this book with zero knowledge.
The story of the goddess Ganga is told from two perspectives: Ganga and her son Bhishma.
I really liked Ganga's chapters and felt her thoughts and experiences were clearer depicted compared to Bhishma's chapters. I especially enjoyed reading about Ganga's exploration of humanity, being human and all of the human emotions one, even more so a mother, can feel.
Bhisma's chapters were, especially so in the beginning, flooded with names and family relations to the point that even with a family tree provided, I was still confused. And I cannot really say that confusion got less throughout the book, even though I started to like his chapters more and more towards the end.
Many people gushed over the writing and I do agree that after a certain point (I guess once I hit the 30% mark) it did read more easily, though I cannot really comment on the beauty of it. I'm not sure if it's a me thing or if I was mentally just not feeling it the same way other people did.
Having said that, I surprisingly enjoyed this book more than I expected. I was contemplating to DNF in the beginning but I'm glad I didn't.
I'm not the intended audience for such a book and to be honest I don't see myself venturing more into this type of books, but I do recommend to give this a try.
This is not what I usually read and hadn't this been an Illumicrate monthly pick, I, quite frankly, wouldn't have picked it up in the first place.
However, this was definitely interesting for many and different reasons.
I am, by any and all means, not familiar with Hindu Mythology, so I went completely blind into this. I can see though how a little bit of research beforehand could help better understand and follow certain plot points and family relationships rather than going into this book with zero knowledge.
The story of the goddess Ganga is told from two perspectives: Ganga and her son Bhishma.
I really liked Ganga's chapters and felt her thoughts and experiences were clearer depicted compared to Bhishma's chapters. I especially enjoyed reading about Ganga's exploration of humanity, being human and all of the human emotions one, even more so a mother, can feel.
Bhisma's chapters were, especially so in the beginning, flooded with names and family relations to the point that even with a family tree provided, I was still confused. And I cannot really say that confusion got less throughout the book, even though I started to like his chapters more and more towards the end.
Many people gushed over the writing and I do agree that after a certain point (I guess once I hit the 30% mark) it did read more easily, though I cannot really comment on the beauty of it. I'm not sure if it's a me thing or if I was mentally just not feeling it the same way other people did.
Having said that, I surprisingly enjoyed this book more than I expected. I was contemplating to DNF in the beginning but I'm glad I didn't.
I'm not the intended audience for such a book and to be honest I don't see myself venturing more into this type of books, but I do recommend to give this a try.
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