Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma

18 reviews

brianna97's review

challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

have to be honest - at first I genuinely disliked this book. I found Kareena to be extremely annoying and immature for a 30-year-old, and was most certainly #teamprem from jumpstreet. I understand that she has trauma, and I understand that she hasn’t processed it that well. The world isn’t black and white and I feel like her worldview was far more idealistic and fantasy-like than Prem’s following his trauma. I did grow to like her in the end, and I adored Prem’s consistency and authenticity throughout the book. He was unapologetically him until he was ready to accept the change necessary for him to become a more fulfilled version of himself. The spice?????? 20/10 alone. Jaw on the ground every single time. The shower scene was next level wild. I’m very glad the book ended the way it did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping

emmysforeverbooked's review

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

This book was the true definition of a rom-com to me. There was the perfect balance of spice and humor and emotion and I truly cannot wait to pick up the second book in the series. I think Nisha Sharma might've just turned into an auto-buy author for me!!

(little spoilery section about the spicy scenes below!!)

So, the only thing I really had qualms with in this book was the sex scenes. At certain times, they felt a little fanfiction-y to me. They weren't bad necessarily, it just felt kind of like I was reading something on Wattpad in a way. Oh yeah, also she named his d!ck for some reason? I will never look at another person named Charlie the same way again 🫣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness and Alcohol

nyree42's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

3.25

What I enjoyed most about this book was all the mentions of Indian/Desi food. Yum.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I loved pretty much every character in this aside from Kareena's Dad, grandmother, sister, and two of Kareena's dates.

the one that basically poisoned her with cinnamon when she specifically asked for no cinnamon because she's allergic, and he ignores that and gets her cinnamon anyway and all he could say was no normal person doesn't like cinnamon and she'll like it if she tried it, ugh just pissed me off, she was so lucky that Prem was there as she didn't have her EpiPen with her and Prem was able to rush her to a doctor, and then of course there's the misogynistic asshole that was the last date she had, saying she should lower her standards because of how she dresses and basically saying that she'd look prettier if she wore more makeup, just no absolutely not and I'm glad she held onto her standards and didn't settle for anything less than she deserves

There was one date of hers that I really liked though, but they were definitely better off as friends. 

Other than some of her dates and her dad, grandmother, and sister, I really liked pretty much everyone else. I absolutely loved Kareena's aunties, Kareena's friends, Prem's friends, Prem's mother, and I actually liked Prem as well, even if he's frustrating when it comes to his feelings most of the time. 

There were a few things that pulled me out of the story a time or two, but it wasn't enough to get me to stop reading. It just brought my rating down a little bit. 

I'd most likely recommend this if someone asked me about it. It was definitely an entertaining read overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

daisy1_f's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

beccaand's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

adventuresinfictionland's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

alexisgarcia's review

emotional funny 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

4.0

this book was super cute. i loved the characters, the plot was interesting, and the dialogue was cute. also the descriptions of food made me so hungry. i would really recommend this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

kaitlinnoodles's review

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Food allergy/anaphylaxis description used as a casual plot point:

Chapter 7 contains a moderately graphic description of anaphylaxis due to a food allergy occurring simultaneously with a panic attack, which happens as a result of a bad date.

anielabooks's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

The story itself was okay. I haven’t read the Taming of the Shrew so I can’t testify to it’s accuracy to the original source material.  I only rated it 3.25 stars because I had some key criticisms of the book. First, my copy seemed to have a few mistakes in spelling, and in one instance, even had the wrong character name in a scene. Second, for those who have read the book, “Charlie” kind of made the spice scenes kind of awkward. This book wasn’t all bad though, as it incorporated so many terms related to Indian culture, which greatly increased my knowledge on the subject. Also, I particularly loved the fun scenes between the main characters; I think the museum and food contest scenes were super creative and memorable. I wouldn’t reread it or highly recommend it, but it was enjoyable, and I felt seen by the way the immigrant family dynamic was portrayed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Grief