Amish TripathiWar Of Lanka (Ram Chandra Series Book 4) (Ram Chandra, 4)

This is the book I've been waiting for a couple of years now! Glad to read it and complete the trilogy. Very well written in portraying the gods as human.I'd have loved to see a little bit more of Ram after the war when he didn't really uphold his vows to Sita. He is shown as a very good character throughout but it's a known fact that like all humans he also had his shades of grey.

While it almost felt like a movie script, maybe the writer was going for that affect. Maybe some producer will pick it up as a movie.That said I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Even though at some places you think that's not possible, but hey, A for effort.

As always, Amish delivers a gripping story. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on the battle of Sigiriya, which were detailed, captivating and descriptive. This entire series has been a joy to read, envision and pour into.

Amish writing as always is a pleasure. I do feel that this book deserved more. It almost felt the book was completed in haste..almost like trying to teach philosophy through actions rather than enjoying the story itslef. Still i'll read it again

Like this more than the other three books in this series. Although I don’t yet yet understand why certain characters from Ramayana are portrayed completely different. Having read Original Ramayana, one can truly appreciate the glory of Ram only when they know how much they had to go through. To bring the beast to its knees isn’t a two day war episode. Still I enjoyed the book and relationship between the brothers.

This feels like a rushed work to meet a deadline. Gone is the methodical crafting of a storyline, the philosophy sewed into the plot. I'm halfway through and will likely give up reading. The plot so far: Ram and co. are laying siege to Lanka. That's about it. Nothing more of import has happened in the 220-something pages I've read.And here's the kicker: Bharat just quoted a "Greek" philosopher, Fontaine. Well, Amish, Jean de la Fontaine was French and lived in the 1600s. Unless Satyuga Indians had a time machine, I doubt Bharat would've read Fontaine.Disappointing.

I was really looking forward to this book but this book was such a disappointment. This book did not rise to the other books in the Ramchandra or Shiva series. There were glimpses where this book shined but it was just that - glimpses. Overall, this book read like a rush job.6 issues in this book that made this such a hard slog1. Anachronisms - Quoting people who lived 100-200 years back, quoting Buddhist teachings. There should be a difference between creative liberty for historical fiction and flat out connecting things that don't make sense.2. Using modern-day words/phrases- use of words like "Bro", "didn't get the memo", "Good policeman/bad policeman".3. Too much cramped into one book - The entire Lanka war felt like it was over in 5 pages and Ravaana, Vali, Indrajit's deaths were just blips.4. Lack of character development - Ram/Vali/Raavana/Indrajit/Hanuman all had their pieces in the larger story. Each of these characters was a giant in their own right.5. Repetitive statements - The author kept repeating the same phrases in multiple places as if to reinforce a point but was wholly unnecessary and felt more like page filler.6. Vishwamitra/Vashishta rivalry distracts - While this existed in prior books, in this book it comes across as if Vishwamitra and Vashishta are more powerful than Vishnus. With no clarity on why they are fighting and the end goal, all of this becomes just confusing.

Initially I liked the books but after a while it feels like a copy cat from Hollywood movies and western books. Are they so desperate to sell their books that now they’re making fools of everyone?!

Read Amish Tripathi's War of Lanka. Big disappointment.It have no depth. Amish is confused on how to portray Ravan, the character work is very weak. To justify his deeds, Amish has taken away the soul of the narrative.There are so many repetitions of same cheap lines. It looks like a 15 year old has read his previous novels and has written a parody.Chapters are inconsistently written and doesn't seem to be authored by same person. Compulsion of twisting the facts to fit into the universe created in 'Immortals of Meluha' is very evident.Raavan, Sita and Kumbhkaran bonding over food is just too much to digest. Unnecessary research details into how to get tusk out of elephants kills the interest.The last novel, Ravana, was also disappointing which have reduced the mighty Raavan to a cheap bollywood mafia type character. This novel sealed the deal by making him a road side dada whose days of glory were over already.How much the idea of moat and area between the outer and inner wall can be exploited? It seems Amish's imagination has been corrupted during the bogus series on Ramayana on Discovery+.Bharat and Shatrughan were unnecessarily dragged into a narrative which dilutes the whole idea that Ramji has taken help of ordinary people to defeat the mighty Raavan. If a new more practical narrative was to be built, why just Bharat only, why not other kingdoms also participated.Also Ram is portrayed as a character who is so apologetic that he keep justifying his actions to everybody and people openly defy him. It has the hints of Yudhishthir's character from Mahabharat. ShriRam was a strong willed, leader of masses and loved & respected by even the enemies. He invoked devotion in others and people didn't feel compelled to follow him just because he was King.Also why do anybody portray that Bali and Ravan were defeated by Ram because they wanted a good death and not because of Ram's warrior skills and ability?Vasisht and Vishwamitra were reduced to political characters rather than the great Gurus. Also the narrative and twists are too weak to justify this big creative freedom Amish has taken.The whole story is riddled with plot holes, the editors has done a poor job making it the worst ever novel by Amish, so far.Read this novel just in respect of the author who gave us 'Immortals of Meluha' and first 2 novels of Ramchandra series. Not excited about any further work from Amish.

I started reading the book, and found this issue.In 'List of characters and important tribes', Kaushalya is described as 'eldest of the four brothers, later married to Sita'.I tried to reach out to Amish via Instagram/Twitter. No response yet. Make sure you check the same thing in your print too. Hence rating it as 3/5.

After reading the 'Shiva Trilogy' & 'Ramchandra series' (4 books) I can easily say Shiva trilogy is far superior than Ramchandra series.. when I read the former one It felt like I'm reading a proper story that has twists & turns In It which made the Trilogy exciting and worth reading. but whereas the latter one lacks In almost all departments In fact except very few pages (in all 4 books combined) rest everything is so damn boring & disappointing . the author rather than being a story teller he turns Into a professor of science, math, economics & what not!! we need a story not a lecture of mechanical/civil engineering or never ending philosophy. It's like he's loosing the plot with every new release. the 1st book was ok, the 2nd book (repetition of half of the 1st book) was just ok, the 3rd & 4th books are not even worth reading. hope he concentrates more on story than the lectures in his future writings.

People who have been waiting for war of Lanka since Ravan ( ram Chandra series 3) go for itBook was in good condition.

Read this because the first 3 were awesome. For the fourth instalment, it felt like the author left it to the reader to big up the characters and the moment.