Book Review : Love Littering the Lanes by Rahul Vishnoi

By Murtaza Kuwarawala -
I generally prefer short stories when I'm pretty high on reading slump. My current reading slump has extended to quite a few months and when I came across this book, I did not hesitate to pick up this one. Though Rahul is a pretty close friend of mine, I assure you here that this review will be as unbiased as any ordinary one rupee coin (and not the Sholay one). Since, the book is pretty short, I'll keep the review short as well.
Blurb :

‘Love Littering the Lanes’ is a collection of four quick short stories about love, lust, murder & mayhem. Based in four Indian cities of New Delhi, Ooty, Panaji and Bengaluru, these shorts are about weird love, the kind that makes you wonder why it ever existed. If it can make the world go round, it can very well make ordinary men and women like us do all the weird, unimaginable shit too.

My Take on the stories:

The Burnol Couple : Witty. This was a pretty promising start to the novel. It took me a while to digest how such an ordinary phenomenon mentioned in this story could lead to so many extraordinary narration.

When I Let Her Go : Incomplete. The story asked for more. It was pretty much a let down after the amazing start. It could have been developed more.

The Man Mum Loved : Average. This was one of the stories that I have seen people raving about. In my case, though it was very well written, at times it did feel that perhaps the ending would be predictable.

Mrs. Man : Scary. Though this story comes under the category of lust, it did give me creeps at times. Brilliantly written though the ending left me hungry for more.

My Rating : 🌟🌟🌟1/2 out of 5

Comments

  1. Rahul Vishnoi6 September 2018 at 19:30

    Thanks for this short yet sharp review Murtaza Kuwarawala.

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