Book:
Supercop of Aryavrat
Author:
Mithilesh Kumar
Publisher:
Authors Upfront
Retelling of the epics is a rage today, and
everyone is trying their hands on this genre today. We have seen multiple
retellings and multiple POVs of the various epics in the recent times, and some
very amazing at that.
Supercop of Aryavrat by Mithilesh Kumar is the story of Krishna, as it happened, from
his point of view. Starting in the year 3102 BC, it is basically a flashback
story of how things unfolded around the events of the Mahabharata. Its basically
the story of a “Supercop” who is the go-to man for anything that happens in
Aryavrat and he is the one to handle it.
Supercop of Aryavrat by Mithilesh Kumar is stuck somewhere between a retelling and a paraphrasing
of the epics. The author created the character of Krishna as a human but forgot
that he was treating him as one towards the end. The book is basically a
compilation of the tales of Krishna that everyone has heard, with a twist here
and there. The storytelling is quite bland with no ups or down to excite the
reader. There is almost nothing new that this story adds to our understanding of
the epics, neither does it offer a radically approach. The story feels very
stretched and some of the parts are quite unnecessary for me. The events
happening one after the other do not have specified breaks, which tends to
confuse the reader as to when the scene actually changes. The ending was very
abrupt and I feel it did not do much justice to the story as a whole.
While talking about characters, the book
revolves around Krishna, the man, the myth and the mythology and the author has
taken various instances to show various facets of his life. He has critically
analysed the character of Yudhisthir which I felt was one good thing about the
book and presented a different take to it. All the other characters carry a similar
vibe as the epics and thus not much to detail about them in a review.
Overall, the book is recommended if you would
like to know more about Krishna in detail, and not as a preferred fiction read.
The book scores a 2.75 on 5 for me.
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