Reviews

Shanti by Vikram Chandra

jstilts's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Beautiful and absorbing, strange and lovely - stories within stories that are sometimes straightforward, sometimes extraordinary.

Less than a hundred pages long (shorter if this book was a standard shape) but written so that I feel I've experienced the world of a fully fleshed out novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and War

Minor: Grief

jenmulholland's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

sarushka's review

4.0

This book had a very dream-like and surreal feel to it. I enjoyed the writing very much; although the stories are so strange, they were easy to imagine. Nice bit of reading for some long and tiring train journeys the last couple of days. This story did leave me slightly confused, but I will accept this as this goes hand in hand with the dream-like atmosphere already created.

emka918's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

caitlinking's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

lrnlscrw's review

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

entwederoda's review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

veewillrockyou's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

aesopsdaddy's review

3.0

Some beautiful vignettes of India; locomotion and love; some charming anecdotes and fables within the short story itself. Just didn’t really engage me all that much despite its short length.

meremeth's review

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No