A review by sanjubhaskar
Scion of Ikshvaku, by Amish Tripathi

3.0

Completed in around 5 hours. It is not a bad read. It is engaging enough but not as good as his previous book. Also felt like the author was trying too hard to set contemporary instances in medieval times and his attempts to provide how a noble society should deal with them were not always impressive. But I do appreciate trying to explain some of the incredulous events in Ramayan as more plausible events. For instance the Lakshman Rekha has been described as a Lakshman Wall, an engineering feat designed to keep enemies at bay. Also author provides good detailed descriptions of events and places which makes the book come to life.

I would be reading the second part of this book too.