In spite of not being enamored with the first book, I read the secret of nagas just to satisfy my curiosity of how the author managed to progress the plot in the book 2 of the trilogy. to cut a long story short, im disappointed. in the first book I could see glimpses of screenplay-ish writing and in this one im convinced that this series was written for a movie. maybe even with john Abraham as Shiva.
No character in this book is completely evolved, including that of Shiva. as a result, there is no one character you root for. some of twists in the story are so bizarre that if feels very forced. in fact, it is almost like a vikraman movie where everyone is good, no one is evil. the "secret of nagas" also turns out to extremely predictable. The language is still very amateurish and doesn’t entice. even the complicated philosophies he tries to explain seem unoriginal and recycled. It pains me to see such a powerful plot fall flat on its face