Reviews - The Immortal King Rao

362 reviews for:

The Immortal King Rao

Vauhini Vara

3.7 AVERAGE

angelajzhu's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

americandesi's review against another edition

3.25

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is smart, the issue is that this book also knows its smart. Or maybe I'm not smart enough to understand this book. The premise of the book starts simple enough, what if an Indian Immigrant started Apple/Microsoft. Now, what if this kid was born to a family of the lowest social class of India. Add onto that a child that was taught the value of money but also was taught Socialist and revolutionary thoughts in his classrooms. And then, jump forward like a century and that child has a kid who, as children are wont to do, chafes from being around her father. So, she rebels. Things go sideways, the world is ending, and boom, that’s the book.

Now, there was a solid 70 pages in the middle where I think I really vibed with the book. The first half was a slog and then you get to the second where the plot really gets going, everything comes to a head and then, suddenly, I'm just reading this to get to the end. Mind you, not in the good way.

With all our time limited on this world, this book probably isn't one you need to read.

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