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A review by ben_miller
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
3.0
Confession: I didn't get all the way through this, despite my huge admiration of Chandra's talents. This book has one of the best first chapters I've read, and is intermittently brilliant thereafter. But it's so maddeningly uneven that I found it gradually more exhausting than enjoyable.
This was his first novel, so it's no surprise that Chandra may not have been in full control of his powers yet. His follow-up story collection, [b: Love and Longing in Bombay|165602|Love and Longing in Bombay|Vikram Chandra|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403987921s/165602.jpg|939142], is much more assured.
This was his first novel, so it's no surprise that Chandra may not have been in full control of his powers yet. His follow-up story collection, [b: Love and Longing in Bombay|165602|Love and Longing in Bombay|Vikram Chandra|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403987921s/165602.jpg|939142], is much more assured.