I 'completed' the book The Palace of Illusions by flipping through the pages and surface reading past the first third of the book. Thoughts.
The book seemed to have a lot more potential in the early third and didn't deliver on any of its promises. The longer the book went, the more drawn-out and tedious it got.
I... don't know what changed. For me it's possible the narrating character got too unlikable, and instead of us hearing of how she took steps to take charge of her destiny, we discover she doesn't have control of anything, specially her most urgent emotions. She turns out to have been a leaf flowing down the stream of time... When you take much of agency out of a powerful and interesting character, there's not a lot to look forward to!
The concept was good but I enjoyed fantasizing and planning out a supplement to the book more than reading the novel. No, I couldn't write a better novel, but this wasn't a great execution of a fantastic idea-Mahabharat from Draupadi's perspective.
Seven out of ten stars for the book. It's a meh but not terrible.
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