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kaitburesh 's review for:
From Twinkle, with Love
by Sandhya Menon
This was a giant flop for me. I really enjoyed When Dimple Met Rishi and was excited to reach more form Sandhya Menon. This was such a letdown.
In short
1) The voice was INCREDIBLY juvenile. There is no way anyone could be expected to believe the protagonist is 16/17. She sounds, at max, 13 for the majority of the narrative.
2) That protagonist, in addition to being completely juvenile, is completely unlikable and is barely redeemed. I can normally hang with an unlikable protagonist if that protagonist is meant to be unlikable. But, unfortunately, the plot develops in such a way that you're really only meant to root for her. There's about a chapter and a half where the character realizes she's being a jerk, but doesn't apologize so much as is just accepted by the rest of the cast just forgiving her transgressions.
3) The rest of the cast was completely underdeveloped and were used as tools/devices to develop the story and means of the protagonist rather than to develop as their own individuals.
Just a nope from me.
In short
1) The voice was INCREDIBLY juvenile. There is no way anyone could be expected to believe the protagonist is 16/17. She sounds, at max, 13 for the majority of the narrative.
2) That protagonist, in addition to being completely juvenile, is completely unlikable and is barely redeemed. I can normally hang with an unlikable protagonist if that protagonist is meant to be unlikable. But, unfortunately, the plot develops in such a way that you're really only meant to root for her. There's about a chapter and a half where the character realizes she's being a jerk, but doesn't apologize so much as is just accepted by the rest of the cast just forgiving her transgressions.
3) The rest of the cast was completely underdeveloped and were used as tools/devices to develop the story and means of the protagonist rather than to develop as their own individuals.
Just a nope from me.