Review: The Oath of the Vayuputras

The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



The third part of the trilogy lacks the punch, depth and flare of the earlier parts.The plot looks like it is fighting to justify the title. 

 
The title is misleading and not justified to the plot ,Unlike previous books where the story revolves around the title which in turn aptly described the plot. The book proceeds at a very slow pace with repetitive references to good, evil, right and wrong. 

The plot picks up from the second part where shiva reaches the Naga capital and is being made party of some intriguing secrets.
The plot takes a down turn from there on, with clueless narration for over 100 pages trying to emphasize on good turning evil, somras, journey planning, and irrelevant forced reference to vayuputras.

But, all is well that ends well, The writer seems to have found his bearings back towards the end. The last 50 pages are a delight to read and a saving grace for Amish. The mythology mixed fiction is very well connected to reality and current world.

The character narration of kartik and his strong military skills have been very well enforced.

The book leaves you on a high note to contemplate, research, fantasize and live the world that had been or the world that could have been.



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The Three Mistakes Of My Life - Chetan Bhagat - A Cliché Comes Alive

Chetan Bhagat - Geek(IITian) Turned Shakespeare(5.SM1), turning Paolo Coelho (1 Nyt @ CC) has Finally Managed a Power Buster to Be a HOT YashRaj Stock (T3MOML).
The Art of Fiction has every aspect a director needs to capitalize for a movie: emotions , betrayal, CRICKET, Regionalism, Secularist , Separatists , Survival , Romance and yeah ITEM ;).

The First thing that catches the eye is : COVER , beautifully designed , simple , yet so vivid , Nice use of pastels , and Indian youth emotions (CRICKET).
To top it all , the Media Agency did the icing by quoting "New York Times: The Best-Selling English -Language Novelist in Indian History"

DUH ! ! ! Whatever...
Coming to the book , Well have been waiting for another piece by Chetan after devastating 1 Nyt@CC. This book See's him through, and beyond. Loads of interesting facts well threaded into fiction. The best part of the novel's : Chetan's not lost on with "Been There - Done That" for the reader , you still feel a part of the novel , through to the end AND he's Growing along with you ;)
I've been a part of 5.some1 during college days , and now feel the same way out here.

TTMOML has a very FILMY starting :
"It is not everyday you sit in front of your computer on a Saturday morning and get emails like this:
From: Ahd_businessman@gmail.com
Sent: 12/28/2005 11:40 PM
To: info@chetanbhagat.com
Subject: A final note

Dear Chetan,
This email is a combined suicide note and a confession letter. I have let people down and have no reason to live. You don't know me. I'm an ordinary boy in Ahmedabad who....."

And Woah, i was bound to read this one through. I'll not be s spoiler now , just some pointers, This Book's for all those who:

1. Adore Cricket
2. Hate Secularism(Psudo)
3. Are Irritated @ Indian System
4. Want Some motivation, (not those SELF HELP BOOKS)
5. Need a Time Pass
6. Brutally beaten on love life
7. Love Yash Raj Melodrama (duh ! ! ! but yeah ...)
8. A Fan of 5.Some1
9. Fantasize Plans , fail to perform
10.Are a new reader/Want to xplore more styles
11. Know all the Ahemdabad places mentioned in the book ( ;) )
12.BELIEVE IN ME ( lol)

Thats all from me on the book , hope to finish my next one (Dragonfire:Humphry Hawksley) soon.