It was...um... okay?

I guess I expected a lot more from this reimagined tale of Draupadi/Panchali in her perspective. After a certain point, her character takes a backseat and things (w.r.t her) kinda stall.

Her impact on the other characters was much more in the first half of the story, than the second half (after the war starts, where it's almost nil). I do not mind the Karna-Draupadi angle, but you wonder whether it added anything to the story except for her own guilt-trip at the end.

It is certainly beautifully written and well-paced but I felt a lack of strong dialogues and something that hooks me. Until the end I did not feel any kind of hook though. Having known the Mahabharata story already, I felt familiarity in the narratives but again nothing extra that could hold my attention.

The author could have done so much more with strong and impactful dialogues. Potential wasted! (I felt it had a lot of potential considering the first few chapters).

I also had to slog through post-war chapters and skip-read them.
Probably won't be reading any retelling/reimagining of Indian mythology any time soon.

Just my two cents. Your mileage may vary.