- I can't put this book down so I thought I'd go ahead and finish it for extra credit since I have some more time this week.
- What happened with Draupadi because of Yudhishthira was so painful! Much worse hearing her thoughts because basically only Krishna came to her aid and her supposedly powerful husbands could do nothing. I can kind of understand why she became so bitter and hateful after this.
- Ugh Karna and Draupadi make me so angry. Why can't Draupadi just be nice! I can understand because Kunti was right there and she kind of suspected but still just say the normal things and she can't really say anything. And then at the dice game I can see why she didn't want to beg for his mercy but she didn't have to look at him like she hated him! I don't know I just feel like it's becoming increasingly harder for the author to justify Draupadi's behavior towards Karna in terms of her love for him.
- Although Karna is not entirely blameless either! He could have been nicer to her face instead of just whispering about how she's "noble and beautiful."
- The slow transformation of Draupadi from happy, headstrong young girl to bitter, vengeful woman was very well done! It goes so slowly and naturally that I didn't even really notice that she was changing. It was only at the end that it becomes very obvious with how she can't take pleasure in anything and only lives for revenge.
- Poor Bhima :(. He loves Draupadi but she'll never love him. Even in the original I think they always made it seem like she preferred Arjuna.
- They didn't really include that time that Arjuna accidentally walked in on Draupadi and Yudhishthira and banished himself for 7 years. I feel like that might have affected their relationship some so I wonder why she didn't include it.
Draupadi and the Pandavas in exile. Web Source.
Bibliography: The Palace of Illusions. Reading Guide.
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