Book Review of  Narasimha:The Mahaavatar Trilogy part 1

Narasimha:The Mahaavatar Trilogy part 1

Author - @kevin_9695 

Publisher - @harpercollinsin 

Price - 250(printed price)

Page - 350

Genre - Mythological Fiction

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Content - Indra attacked Kashyapuri,Hirankashyap's kingdom when he was not around and his wife,Kayadhu was killed by Nara,a soldier from the Simha tribe.After the horrific war,Nara has left out of remorse and lied low as a physician in a village.But when a familiar face from his past came to him to seek helpto stop Andhaka, Hirankashyap's nephew who was becoming impossible to kill and can destroy the world,what will Narasimha do?Why did he leave the war in the first place?Wasbit just remorse or something else?

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Prahlad,son of King Hirankashyap  determined to prove his worthiness to his father but also wanted to believe in Lord Vishnu unlike other asuras.When he became the interim king,he came to know about the wrong deeds that were happening in the kingdom with his father's permission and a groupbof Vishnuvakht were trying to bring justice to the land.  What will Prahlad do now?Whom will he choose?

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Hirankashyap,The Asura King,after his wife's death was raged with anger and determined to avenge his wife.But to be successful against Indra,he needed to go through the Trials to have the ultimate weapon:The Brahmashastra.Will he be able to succeed?

Read this amazing book to know the story of these three individuals.

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My Views - We all are familiar with the famous story of Narasimha,Prahlad amd Hirankashyap but this is a reimagination of the whole story(already stated by author) written from each character's perspective.Here , Hiranyakashyap is not only an Asura king but also a loyal husband and a loving father. Narasimha is not an Avaatar of Vishnu but is a great leader and friend. Every character has a different story to tell.Every character has flaws and conflict in them which makes them more relatable.We get to know about some other amazing strong characters like Anuhrad,Holika,Chitra, Chechen,Narada,Bhairav and each of them are too powerful.Andhaka,the main villain also has a very different past of him.The author has done a marvelous job creating such strong characters.

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The narration is superb and the language is also simple.The ending was unexpected.Please do read till the end.

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Hats off to the author for such a brilliant book.Really excited for the sequel.

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My Rating - 4.7⭐/5⭐