Meluha & its woes: My take on book 1 from Shiva Trilogy

"The immortals of Meluha" seem to have received really rave reviews and people seem to have celebrated the birth of one more IITian turned, Young author who can drive the youth to new highs with his skills at penning down literature which can draw our youth back to the lost art of reading and comprehending. There were  very flashy Youtube videos that added impetus to the launch of the trilogy series of books.

I am not someone who can comment a lot about how people write or if their writings are good. However, going by the right to express my free opinion and also by the line that

"Opinions are like assholes, each one has one and it stinks to the other"

i thought of giving my opinion a form of words in put it in my blog.

Fortunately or unfortunately, i read Amish's Meluha after reading the first version of the "Prison Dairy" by J. Archer. I don't know if all consider Archer as an pro author, but to me he is one of the best. The high levels of Archer's book are no way even comparable to Amish's Meluha, thereby perhaps adding an extra angle to my criticism.

The book is filled with common-day english and American slangs. "Goddamit", "What the devil is going on"...Ok, they seem good but not always.The bigger problem seems to me is the lack of creativity in the language. "His chest puffed with pride"...The same sentence has been repeated three times in the span of two pages, whence making the puffing in Amish's book more than what Sherlock Holmes would have perhaps puffed in his entire detective lifespan.

Yes, there is romance, there is drama and there is violence. A full package , if i may compare it with Bollywood films.

Some other readers who hold a view similar to time are below

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But then i also realize that these books are also necessary. It is the same way you really need to have nerves of Steel to be able to learn "C- Coding" from the "kernighan and Ritchie" and most likely you would love to do it with "Balaguruswamy" instead for the the first time, so is Amish's book good for a beginner but might be too much of a let down for someone who has been reading for sometime.

Will i buy the next book? Definitely ( so Mr. Tripathi you have got your marketing right!!), why not read some harmless fun if bookadda or flipkart gives it to me with huge discounts...

By the way, I got the 1st book for just 100 bucks...Thanks to indiaplaza.in