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A review by akookieforyou
The Matchmaker's List by Sonya Lalli
2.0
*2.5*
Asian Readathon 2019
This book was very different from what I initially thought it was going to be. I had expected this to be a fun, adult contemporary romantic comedy, and it definitely wasn't that. In fact, the romance element felt very weak. The main character, Raina, spends a good portion of the story pining after an ex, and in contrast barely spends any real time with her main love interest. I really liked the fact that this novel incorporated so much Indian culture, and some of the issues within said culture. I thought all of those elements were really well done, and very interesting. I also think that the relationship between Raina and her nani were really good. But sadly, that doesn't fully make up for all the things that I didn't like. Raina was a bit of an annoying protagonist, and she did a lot of stupid and downright awful things. I sort of understand why she did some of them, but she ended up taking everything too far in the end. And this book just wasn't funny. At all. Overall, I was very disappointed by this book.
Asian Readathon 2019
This book was very different from what I initially thought it was going to be. I had expected this to be a fun, adult contemporary romantic comedy, and it definitely wasn't that. In fact, the romance element felt very weak. The main character, Raina, spends a good portion of the story pining after an ex, and in contrast barely spends any real time with her main love interest. I really liked the fact that this novel incorporated so much Indian culture, and some of the issues within said culture. I thought all of those elements were really well done, and very interesting. I also think that the relationship between Raina and her nani were really good. But sadly, that doesn't fully make up for all the things that I didn't like. Raina was a bit of an annoying protagonist, and she did a lot of stupid and downright awful things. I sort of understand why she did some of them, but she ended up taking everything too far in the end. And this book just wasn't funny. At all. Overall, I was very disappointed by this book.