Reviews - Marriage & Masti

893 reviews for:

Marriage & Masti

Nisha Sharma

4.12 AVERAGE

kian_annus's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

loucs's review against another edition

3.75

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

anaiira's review

3.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I liked all of the details about Hindu weddings and the religious customs and rituals.

Of the three FMCs, Veera's my favourite, even though this story mostly revolves around her and Deepak both willfully believing that neither could possibly love each other actually instead of having a real conversation about it. She's meant to be the quirky nerdy one, and not to gatekeep nerdiness, but there are just really weird details that Sharma uses to validate her credentials. Having sex to the Imperial March? Weird. Being surprised that you can get into a rhythm when banging to the Imperial March? Why? It's literally a march song, definitionally the most even rhythmned piece of music possible. Loving Lord of the Rings? Great. Going to someone's house in the woods and being only able to compare it to horror movies because that's the only wooded location in pop culture? I mean, LotR was right there.

Like the other two books, there are a lot of details that fall apart if you think about them for too long. This one is helped by Veera being not annoying. Deepak being obscenely rich feels like a cop out though. Oh Veera needs romancing? Throw thousands of dollars at a luxury shopping spree. Thoughtful, sure? But what would he have done if he didn't have the access to those resources? These two have no barriers or challenges besides a frustrating inability to talk it out like adults.

Sana is an idiot. The whole premise of the ending doesn't make sense. Her deep hatred of Deepak doesn't make sense. Her choice near the end involving her father is ridiculous. But I suppose with manipulative and abusive parents, it's hard to get out from their shadow.

stannesonthehill's review

5.0

emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chrissyreadit's review

3.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

idk_indigo's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Very good character development! I really loved this series overall, and this one was no exception. Such a stunning conclusion!!

I think it has been my favorite of the books so far; I feel like it became a struggle at some points to root for them together, particularly

when Veera's twin was so disapproving of their marriage

but I really loved how they came together. Veera was also such a strong and vibrant character. And even though Deepak wasn't my favorite of the MMC's in this series, I still loved him and how caring, thoughtful, and attentive he was with Veera.

I also liked that the women's friendship came up so much in this book. I feel like their fight made them seem so much more like a real friend group-- and being able to overcome it was even more amazing :) hashtag friendship!

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