Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma

24 reviews

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

ohheyitskaitlin'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, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, and Sexism

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

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.

martachbc's review

funny lighthearted slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Cancer, and Alcohol

solacelight's review

funny 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

4.5

I LOVE representation and complex familial relationships AND loving aunties AND playing around with tropes. But there were a few things that mildly irked me including

I needed just a few more positive interactions between Kareena and the family, and would have appreciated just a little more interaction between Prem and his family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

nidhis's review

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

peachani's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

Overall, I enjoyed this book. There was a part about midway through where the dialogue got a bit... strange. it seemed like the author ran out of steam or something. Instead of actual dialogue, it felt like the characters were reading out a synopsis of the main leads. Howewer, that was limited to that middle portion and the book recovered nicely, in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism, Alcohol, and Colonisation

whatjasread's review

- I did not like Kareena, she just didn't have much personality other than wanting to fix cars and find love
- I REALLY did not like Prem - a cynical guy who claims not to believe in love but literally keeps talking about all the things he loves about Kareena on every damn page. And he named his penis Charlie and consistently refers to it in third person as a separate entity. And don't get me started on men using a nickname for women they've ASKED not to be called multiple times.
- I didn't even get halfway but the book DRAGGED, like it took way too long to get where we were, it was not for me at all, which is sad because my South Asian heart wanted to love a South Asian rom-com :(

TWs until DNF: death of mother (before book), recreational drug use (weed), misogyny, alcohol consumption, allergic reaction, hospitalisation, death of partner (before, tumour)

Tropes/rep/themes: Hindu MCs, taking care/nursing to health, enemies to working together to lovers, he falls first

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent

buckaroo97's review

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Grief, and Death of parent

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

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

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol