Shiva Origins: The Son of Ganga | Book Review

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Shiva Origins: The Son of Ganga

Author: Dinesh Veera

Pages: 224



                'Shiva Origins: The Son of Ganga' is a story that starts with Abhay a college student who is doing his research on the Chola Dynasty. To know more about Chola Dynasty he decides to explore and sets on a journey to Southern India at Sathuragiri Hills. While exploring the Sathuragiri Hills Abhay is curious to know about the Forest of Maya and soon he discovers this illusionary forest. In this illusionary forest he comes across a cave and Abhay enters this mysterious cave where he finds strange creatures and some secret scripts which are written in Tamil. After going through these scripts there are some secrets that are waiting to be revealed. Moving ahead we also to see the story of Ghora and how injustice affected this person and changed him into a evil person which he wasn't. There is a past which is ready to strike again which no one is ready to face. Will Abhay be able overcome this threat? What has happened in the past which will be affecting everyone now? To know read 'Shiva Origins'.

My Thoughts:

                I really liked the plot. I must say that the author has  really  researched in depth about yoga along with the mythological elements which will surely keep the readers engaged throughout the book. I also liked how the author has bifurcated the stories into two parts wherein we get to see the exploration of the events and the past events which has become a threat for the present.

                The characters are well developed. I liked Abhay's character a lot he is really interested in the history and the events of the past. We also get to see how he really wants to reach to the bottom of the events and how all of this really started. Author has nicely shown us how situations and events can really affect a person adversely and change him or her forever.

                Language is simple and lucid. The narration is done nicely. The pace of the story at first is a bit slow but as we progress it really gets fast and makes the book really interesting till the end.

                The book cover is beautiful and apt to the plot. The title of the book is also apt to the plot.

                Overall, I really enjoyed reading this and can't wait to get my hands on the next book.

Rating: 5/5

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