Asura

 Asura-Jan

A mythological fiction work by Anand Neelakantan on the Asure emperor, Ravana.

The narration was made by Ravana and Bhadra. Ravana represented the emperorer's thoughts and a revolutionary way of thinking where as Bhadra's voice portrayed the sufferers from the war, the poor, common people who admired their king, praise him for good deed, respect and suffer his fool decisions and eventually a voice from start to the end to let the audience engaged.

As the author took two modes of voices to narrate the story, it never bored the readers. and each one of their point of views are explained clearly with great emotions and thought process. So the author might have gone deep into their characters.

Author continued the story through the end of Rama. It not just ended with Ravana but the Asuras and the spread of caste system across India and the vanish of the Asura clan. So it justified the title.

Author has referenced many mythological scenes but depicted them in a very practical manner that the entire story felt so real rather than a piece of fiction.

Finally, the writing is good, engaging the reader through the thoughts and emotions of common people with Bhadra and nobility with Ravana. It was a good read!

Note: This is my first review of a book and I didn't referred to any instructions on how to write book reviews. I may try it soon.