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  • Raavan

  • Enemy of Aryavarta
  • Written by: Amish Tripathi
  • Narrated by: Sagar Arya
  • Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,688 ratings)

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Raavan

Written by: Amish Tripathi
Narrated by: Sagar Arya
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Publisher's Summary

Without the darkness, light has no purpose.

Without the villain, what would the gods do?

India, 3400 BCE.

A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don’t give a damn. Raavan. Fathered by one of the most illustrious sages of the time. Blessed by the Gods with talents beyond all. Cursed by fate to be tested to the extremes.  

A formidable teenage pirate, he is filled with equal parts courage, cruelty and fearsome resolve. A resolve to be a giant among men, to conquer, plunder and seize the greatness that he thinks is his right.  

A man of contrasts, of brutal violence and scholarly knowledge. A man who will love without reward and kill without remorse.  

This exhilarating third book of the Ram Chandra series sheds light on Ravaan, the king of Lanka. And the light shines on darkness of the darkest kind. Is he the greatest villain in history or just a man in a dark place all the time?  

Listen to the epic tale of one of the most complex, violent, passionate and accomplished men of all time.

©2019 Amish Tripathi (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

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waste of my precious credit

Here's a numbered list for why this book is really bad.
1. the dialogues are extremely repetitive. if I had a penny for everytime "Raavan raises his hand to stop the conversation" I would be uncle scrooge right now.
2. the plot is extremely nonsensical. Amish now does plot twists for only shock value. Abandoning the theme of the characters and making them behave in the extreme opposite way to what they were throughout the series.
3. ruins the mythological elements of the book by making extremely preachy points about modern day politics.
4. Amish in completely in over his head when it comes to depicting Raavan. he waters down one of the most magnanimous anti heroes to ever exist into a drug and alcohol addicted mess.

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Pathetic book

Book doesn’t have any linkage,started well but losses grip in between, wondered how samichin loyalty moved from sita came to Ravan. Overall its a disappointment .

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please change the narrator

the story seems repetitive and very predictable...do understand that theres going to be another book linking everything together but this is a downer.....also the narrator is great but similar voice overs for most of the characters just takes the charm away from the story

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worst ever book by Tripathi

Pathetic is the best description. A great but misguided Raavan being portrayed as a sociopath?

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Bad Book, Good Recording

Recording is good. But, the book is worst. Really disappointed.
Waste of time. Don't waste your time and money.

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Story Backwards

The story is so boring. It doesn't move forward, only backwards. And still no satisfying conclusion. Shiva Trilogy was way better. This series is stretched out for no reason.

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Fiction yet feels so true in today's time.

Sagar Arya is damn good at narrating. His voice keeps one connected always to the story.

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Good listening experience

Know the story of Ravan from different perspective. To know him you have to first unlearn what you know and learn his stories. Very logically explained events and encounters. Reasoning given through conversation on Dharma, Ayyappa Temple, Sita’s etc birth are excellent. Broadened my horizon. 5 starts for Amish and Sagar Arya ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Very Interesting Read

This book presents a very fine perspective of Ravan. Some interesting things in this book are The rise of Ravan as trader and then as a King, his personal life his human relationships and His leadership qualities. Very interesting read

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Wonderful Narration

The performance is brilliant and how the story Is tangled up with the other writings of the Author make me curious in what lies ahead.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 05-09-21

Fiction but well narrated

Fictional story well Narated enjoyed listening to. A good listen. So guys have fun..

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  • Anshuman Tripathi
  • 29-08-21

Interesting story and great narration

An very interesting take on Raavan’s story where Raavan and Kumbhakarna are pictured as much more humanly than are often told in other tales. The story does take some artistic liberties and digresses from then actual myths, but overall its not bad.

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  • Sagar Singh
  • 12-07-21

Great Book. Amish's writing is incredible.

Loved it. Great Book. Amish's writing is very incredible. Great Book. Amish's writing is incredible.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 14-01-21

Not an honest book

Looks like it's a copy of hollywood stories. Tons of plots are resembling the same scenarios from many hollywood movies and shows. The author is making millions selling the so called "fiction".

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  • Prakhar Chandel
  • 08-01-21

An unique story telling

What a way to describe Ravaan. Very human yet a villain, likeable as a hero yet you hate him for atrocities.

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  • Garima Thakur
  • 07-11-20

no audio available

loving it but not able to play after taking a break of few days... stuck in middle... no audio available

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  • saurabh
  • 12-07-20

good read

very detailed and perceptive story telling.
looking forward to the next parts. it has been great so far

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  • Anonymous User
  • 12-06-20

Terrible narration

His voice is bad. The worse part is his voice modulations for different characters. I am only not returning this audible because I got it for free. This does not worth $17 whatsoever.

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  • Ram
  • 20-05-20

Poor storyline and mediocre narration

I tend to benchmark fantasy fiction with my favorite author Brandon Sanderson's books and narration of the legendary Michael Kramer.
Story: Amish gained a massive popularity for putting a modern take on Hindu legends. In Raavan his formula appears stale and a little underwhelming. He tries to shoehorn some modern technologies in ancient legends to bridge gaps and make the tales a bit more, say, logically palatable. He lost me in this book where he tries to humanize Raavan, showing he could have been a better man but society pushed him to be bad. He tries to rescue the soul of the mythical demon king Raavan's character in his book. He tries to humanize the character of Raavan as a brilliant person who just lost his way due to parental and societal pressures. His character of Kumbhakaran is also of a well meaning, childlike side kick for Raavan v/s the indomitable raakshas that we have known him to be. Amish is also not good at building a deep storyline that can be gripping or getting you involved in an emotional level. His style of writing is yet to mature and evolve from his earlier books.
Narration: The narrator does a decent job at voicing the deep baritones of a manly man like Raavan, you can almost believe it is Raavan. Alas, his range doesn't expand much from here. His renditions of Raavan, Kumbhakaran and other male characters is very very similar. He reduces his emotion, assertiveness and volume a bit to match that of a key female character like Vedavathi which again shows the lack of range in his voice acting.
tl;dr: A decent storyline and an okay narration to listen to while doing dishes or going on a walk. Not something you will yearn to listen to.

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  • Apoorav
  • 30-01-20

it's gripping and fast moving but story's lacking

It was a fun read. keeps you enthralled but it feels like the story lacks depth. Amish's way of incorporating philosophy in the story makes the whole experience wonderful!

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  • sanjeev
  • 26-09-20

gripping

loved the narrative of the author. the story-telling is unimaginable yet so realistic. great work. can't wait to hear the conclusion.

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  • Athavan Arunachalam
  • 07-11-19

Another Cliff-hanger

Everyone knows the story of Diwali, in where good "Ram" faces off bad "Raavan", but how many of you know the real reason why "Raavan" kidnapped "Sita" and the true image and character of the so call "10 headed demon"? Amish truly brings out this definition of the King of Lanka, with the love, pain and struggle he goes through the years and makes to think twice of the whole "good vs. bad".

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  • Raghuvamshi Ankam
  • 05-12-21

Different perspective

It's a different perspective of Ramayan. the way it's narrated it's too good. I loved it and strongly recommend.