Author: Nimish Tanna
Publisher: Become Shakespeare
What would you do if
you could control the world’s mightiest weapons?
Divyastra by Nimish Tanna explores the eons old stories of obtaining the weapons
of the Gods just by invoking them. The only catch, it could only be transferred
verbally, with no written records. In today’s world, however, one person who
calls himself Guruji knows how to do it and uses the spells to help an innocent
boy from Mumbai across various stages in his life. On a parallel track, Shankar
is told a tale that puts him on a track of unmasking guruji and discovering a
family secret. Amidst this story of ancient myths, wordplays and dispersed
emotions, will Shankar ever be able to separate fact from fiction and find his
true identity?
The book takes
up a completely different track as it just takes the bare minimum from
mythology and weaves a story around them. The storytelling is quite engaging
and interesting, one that would keep a reader turning the pages as it moves
along. the manner in which a tale within a tale is told is quite impressive. The
way the concept of divine weapons has been treated is excellent and worthy of
praise. I loved the manner in which the Nimish has hidden clues in plain sight
in the story which feel so transparent in hindsight. While I liked the sub-plots,
the second sub-plot of the Vaishnavastra didn’t seem that relevant and
could have been crafted a little better, specially the treatment of the
characters there as they have been reduced to just objects of desire. The climax
of the book was amazing and hair raising.
This story is
extremely character driven and talking at length about them would definitely
leak out spoilers, but the characters are extremely well crafted. From the
names to the character arcs, the details are quite fine and are extremely
relevant to the story. I loved the wordplay in the character names and the
manner they are revealed.
Overall a good book that scores a 4.13/5 for me.
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