A Walk in the Rain by Udai Yadla is a story of Sunny, a system programmer by profession, who spends all his free time musing about his long lost friend Sandhya who he calls Sandy and Saloni, a prostitute by profession, thrown into this big bad world by her uncle, Hari. Their paths meet when Sunny is dragged by his friend Imran to the brothel where Saloni works. An altercation ensues between Sunny and Hari and in the fight Hari kills Imran and runs away. Saloni promises Sunny that she can help him find Hari if he pays her. They then embark on a road trip to find Hari and rest of the story is their journey towards their destination where one hopes to find vengeance and another money.
The story is all about Sunny and his pre-conceived judgement about Saloni because of who she is and Saloni who despite being a prostitute does not let go of her self respect. She fully understands his prejudice towards her but still keeps her head held high despite the situation she is in. There are a few sub plots thrown in like another prostitute called Pooja, who is also Saloni's best friend.
The premise, though very good is not very well presented and the narration gets redundant most of the time. The mix up of tenses represent bad English and hence break the flow quite a lot. There are times when the use of pronouns can confuse a reader and that is where the writing could have been made better. What the novel needed was a good editing and maybe should have been curtailed by a few pages to give it a more sleek reading. Also, the backdrop of Saloni's life and her feelings should have been explored more instead of focusing so much on Sunny's prejudiced musings. Saloni had a story with potential to be a tear jerker but it was not explored enough.
A Walk in the Rain is a fine story which should have been great but for the grammar and length.
P.S. I received a copy from Writersmelon in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.
The story is all about Sunny and his pre-conceived judgement about Saloni because of who she is and Saloni who despite being a prostitute does not let go of her self respect. She fully understands his prejudice towards her but still keeps her head held high despite the situation she is in. There are a few sub plots thrown in like another prostitute called Pooja, who is also Saloni's best friend.
The premise, though very good is not very well presented and the narration gets redundant most of the time. The mix up of tenses represent bad English and hence break the flow quite a lot. There are times when the use of pronouns can confuse a reader and that is where the writing could have been made better. What the novel needed was a good editing and maybe should have been curtailed by a few pages to give it a more sleek reading. Also, the backdrop of Saloni's life and her feelings should have been explored more instead of focusing so much on Sunny's prejudiced musings. Saloni had a story with potential to be a tear jerker but it was not explored enough.
A Walk in the Rain is a fine story which should have been great but for the grammar and length.
P.S. I received a copy from Writersmelon in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.
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