Pralay-The Great Deluge by Vineet Bajpai

lecherous_v

Had a mixed feeling after reading the first part, I cleared my mind before reading the sequel. Because the plot is promising and so very next I read it. Pralay. Depicting great deluge coming to the city and the circumstances that provoked it.

Well, the story picks up very well, and this time I have no grudges of altering the facts. All three plots get thickened and grips you very well. Dwarka Shashtri, Manu and Naina gets limelight so does Vidyut. And we are introduced to dark world of Aghori, which is very well done. But somehow, the tale loses fizz somewhere in middle where it gets too descriptive to tell the whole theory of new world order and things around. Surprisingly this 'new world order' gets disappeared while we move forward towards the end and the focus shifts to another facet. This change, off-put the reader like me. But still, wherever the story is progressing, gets more and more interesting.

New and more dark characters are introduced and that adds more grip on the story. Swiftly all the three tales move ahead in chapter one by one and it doesn't feel disconnecting. As we are reaching towards the finale, this serves rather fitting sequel.

This would be a 3.5 / 5 for me. Looking forward to see what lies in the final part, Kashi.
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Irked at the fact that the title is Pralay, but things hardly gets moving in 'that' direction. It is still away in even the last chapter. Why the name Pralay then?

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amitwrite

I would say just OK to  Harappa by Vineet Bajpa. It was interesting but it didn't manage to grip me. What I most enjoyed about the book was it could be made into a film, I mean it has that potential.It's thrilling but I don't like the abrupt ending.

Meself

I was honestly waiting for Pralay with bated breath the moment I was done with Harappa. For me it didn't disappoint to keep up the thrill that was created in book one.


The character that I fell in love with was Matsya hands down. I have read a lot of retelling of Indian Epics with Vishnu but the way Matsya was described in the book had me swooning. Add to it Tara's big reveal and Naina. I have to say I am extremely intrigued by Naina. She isn't the main character here yet there seems to be something light and mysterious and extremely dark about .




Having said that I will also agree that the book drags at times making it difficult to maintain the level of interest .I am looking forward to its conclusion that is slated to release in two months. Let's see will it be a explosive conclusion or will it fizzle out .

lecherous_v

Meself 22-7-2018 10:06 PM
I was honestly waiting for Pralay with bated breath the moment I was done with Harappa. For me it di ...

Yes ! I am really interested in Naina's character. Because she is the one, who is in present. but wasn't in past. Or hey ! Maybe, she was the one who called Ap, Sha, Gun from other part of the world? I am prepared for her big reveal in final part.

lecherous_v

amitwrite 22-7-2018 07:25 PM
I would say just OK to  Harappa by Vineet Bajpa. It was interesting but it didn't manage to grip me. ...

My exact rant. The abrupt ending that leads nowhere as promised by the title.

Nabs

Thanks for the review

cynic

Nabs 31-7-2018 06:18 PM
Thanks for the review

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Nabs

cynic 31-7-2018 10:30 PM
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cynic

Nabs 31-7-2018 11:06 PM
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cynora

Eagerly waiting for the third part