ARJUNA Saga Of A Pandava Warrior-Prince Paperback – March 5, 2015

I enjoyed this retelling of the life of one of my favourite people: Arjun, the great hero. We can all learn so much from his life.

Dissecting the character of Arjun, the foremost hero of the Mahabharata war, is no mean feat and Anuja has done a nice job if it. His strengths, weaknesses and loves have been explained admirably. We find the protagonist a noble and vain warrior, magnanimous and churlish at the same time.Enjoyable read.

Reading this book was a great refresher in history. However, a good book must flow naturally and keep the reader hooked which unfortunately this book only jumps from place to place and is not as well written as it could have been given the topic at hand.

A retelling of The Mahabharata, this book centers the action around Arjuna and takes us from his beginning to end. As great of a hero as Arjuna is, the author manages to infuse enough ordinary man into his character to make him someone we can all relate to. We also get a deeper insight into the other key players in this half historical, half mythical Indian drama. Having read The Mahabharata, I thought this might be a little boring; but the character draws you in and moves you swiftly along. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good hero tale!

I guess I was expecting something more than just the same story structured slightly different. There is nothing about Arjun's inner thoughts, or any emotional dialogues. This reads like a simple book on Mahabharat, written for young children. I would pass on this one.

It's a decent book. As the name suggested, is focused on Arjuna but narrates the whole story of the Mahabharata via that. Reasonably focused on telling the story as it is either no real interpretation or modern twist to it. So, while well written, does not really distinguish itself

Arjuna is one of the coolest, most revered warriors in Indian mythology. As a child in India in the early 80's, Arjuna was the only character I could equate to a modern day superhero. And Anuja has written a fast paced, enthralling homage to the Mahabharata's gunslinger which is difficult to put down. She has put together a vivid account of the Pandava warrior, and skillfully woven it against the larger backdrop of the Mahabharata. The chapters on Krishna, Karna, Draupadi and Abhimanyu's death deserve special mention. A must read if you enjoy tales of the Mahabharata.

This was rather disappointing. It is really an 'attempt' at re-telling the Mahabharata rather than offering a perspective from Arjuna's point of view. And even then, a poor re-telling of the Mahabharata. Given the psychological, sociological, and historical studies that have been conducted since the first English translation of the epic and the author's own educational background, I expected so much more.Arjuna's perspective is rather visibly lacking, except in some instances almost like an afterthought. If anything, in places, this reads like Karna's version of events. When he is discussed, Karna's character is drawn using a gentler and more admiring hand. Most of the other characters are really caricatures and I was rather disappointed with the village idiot role assigned to Bhima, especially since I had just finished M T Vasudevan Nair's Bhima — The Lone Warrior before I started on this book. Probably, the only thing this book did for me was make me realize, through sharp contrast, the brilliance of M T Vasudevan Nair.The writing is also verbose and packed with adjectives that make for a mouthful but don't in any way add to the narrative. Also, I disliked awkward sentence constructions like "doom you seem to be craving for".

Excellent narration, the story keeps you connected throughout the book.

very good book describes some important incidents of mahabharat connected to arjun that many of us don't know.

Much more was expected to come out from the Author. What's written is known and predictable, was expecting some unheard incidents from Arjuna's life.

First time i am reding any novel. I always have had a keen interest in mahabharat. Arjuna has always been my hero. Abot this novel: Very Good written tells about every single story associated with virtuous Arjuna :)

Mostly a mixture of all stories of arjuna available nothing new..Interesting if you don't know the stories though would say a great read