A review by divyasudhakar
Sita's Ramayana by Samhita Arni

3.0

The artwork was the best part of the book. While I liked the story, it didn't blow my socks off. It didn't focus as much on telling Sita's story as I'd have liked. Indeed, it didn't focus much on any of the details of Ramayana as much as I'd have liked. Instead it gives a very sweeping overview of the epic not wanting to miss out on any of the salient points. Probably the only ballsy move of the book was to choose to start the story from the exile but in doing that they missed out on the opportunity to lay the groundwork for what Sita was like growing up and how she comes to marry Rama in the first place. I'd have loved for it to be longer with a lot more focus on Sita's life in Dandaka, her relationships with her brother in law, her captors, Hanuman and others around her.

But again the artwork was gorgeous and if they ever come out with full blown out posters of some of the art, I'd love to buy them.