Reviews

Love Marriage by Monica Ali

chrissiemwright's review

emotional hopeful relaxing tense 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? Yes

5.0

anjalisudarsan's review against another edition

3.0

The storytelling style in this book was beautiful- the flow felt so refreshing and I could really connect with each character. Although I absolutely hated every character I could understand their frame of thinking and how real they were.
The book felt a bit too dragged, but an enjoyable read

hannahmayreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Nobody does complicated characters like Ali, but her very particular talent is that when her characters do bad things we do not judge them. Her ability to ascribe humanity to everyone is remarkable. Like us, they are just human and it is our lot in life to be flawed, complex beings who make mistakes and have feelings they cannot always comprehend. A little long perhaps, but it is a meaty novel from good storyteller. 

hannahclare44's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

andrewspink's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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? Yes

4.0

An enjoyable and entertaining novel. The characters were occasionally a little stereotyped, but towards the end we discover that that was to present the realities of their personal histories as a greater surprise. The reader really gets to care about the characters.

jwinfield_'s review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

baltimorelibrarian's review against another edition

3.0

This book was fine. The characters were well-developed, if annoying. The plot was engaging, but not groundbreaking. I think there could have been a lot of editing that would have made it a tighter, snappier read.

vivakresh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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? Yes

4.0

Really enjoyed this 

ginachapman's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

ha_twig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0