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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: The Palace of Illusions (2008, Doubleday) 4 stars

A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of …

Review of 'The Palace of Illusions' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

This book portrays a strong character of Draupadi, a princess of Panchaal. It is refreshing to witness the story of Mahabharata from female perspective. I also feel the narration is shallow, the author seems to be racing through the well known story. I didn't enjoy the book very much.

Art Spiegelman: The Complete Maus (GraphicNovel, 2003, Penguin Books Ltd) 5 stars

On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive …

Review of 'The Complete Maus' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I liked reading it. The father and son hate/love relationship was funny and engaging. The depictions of father's narration of holocaust was detailed but sometimes it felt like just reading events one after the other without much progress in the story.