Pondering

[keilexandra]

rachelmanija, have you read The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni? It's apparently a retelling of the Mahabharata from Princess Panchaali's viewpoint. I like historicals and feminist novels, but the moralistic, retrospective tone in The Blood of Flowers really annoyed me, so I'm on the fence about adding this one to the queue. Your thoughts, or anyone else's?

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[(Anonymous)]

Er, completely off-topic, but I bought Good Omens :]

[(Anonymous)]

Er, completely off-topic, but I bought Good Omens :]

[ww2b.livejournal.com]

Oops, those were both me, and I have no idea why one of them is italicized and the other underlined...?

[keilexandra]

Good for you!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Doh! I didn't realize that was out yet! Thanks for the reminder.

Divakaruni is uneven but generally worth reading; I'll certainly snatch up this one for the subject matter alone. Also, I gather from interviews when she was still working on it that she did a ton of research.