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A review by sanjana_argula
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
2.0
I appreciate the trend of making Indian mythology accessible to young and new readers. But there's a fine line between simplifying things and dumbing things down.
When portraying ancient tales, there's also a similar fine line between modernism and casual irreverence. As a young adult, I personally feel like embracing complex mythology is not a matter of finding things 'cool' or 'relatable' but epic and august.
Again, this is just me and who knows, such writing might actually reel in youngins. But it's not for me as a young adult. And I know with certainty I wouldn't have appreciated such flippant references to our ancient heroes even as a child.
Great thought and yay girl power, 2 stars for those reasons.
When portraying ancient tales, there's also a similar fine line between modernism and casual irreverence. As a young adult, I personally feel like embracing complex mythology is not a matter of finding things 'cool' or 'relatable' but epic and august.
Again, this is just me and who knows, such writing might actually reel in youngins. But it's not for me as a young adult. And I know with certainty I wouldn't have appreciated such flippant references to our ancient heroes even as a child.
Great thought and yay girl power, 2 stars for those reasons.