false 0 2009-01-30T10:19:25-08:00 327961 560 2009-01-30T10:19:25-08:00 Going into the home stretch now... 0 2009-01-29T19:44:46-08:00 326184 468 2009-01-29T19:44:46-08:00 Just got through another comparatively boring bit ... this book has lots of up and downs. 0 2009-01-20T16:33:41-08:00 290322 208 2009-01-20T16:33:41-08:00 I'm wondering who in the world all of these people are & how they're related to the main story! 0 2009-01-19T13:27:06-08:00 285820 140 2009-01-19T13:27:06-08:00 0 2009-01-18T15:11:33-08:00 282168 30 2009-01-18T15:11:33-08:00 2 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 18:33:26 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 10:32:02 -0800 2009 Red Earth and Pouring Rain is a whirlwind of a book, and a heavy whirlwind at that. The book itself is weighty, and its contents are jammed full of an overwhelming amount of characters.

I had trouble remembering who did what, what the effect was, and how things influenced each other later. So to me, it seemed in parts like one random thing happening after another.

I really enjoyed the first third or so of the book, and then I think things all started to jumble together. I think I finally lost track of what was going on about halfway through. But I kept reading, hoping that everything would work itself out in the end. For me, it didn't. ]]>