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tinaathena 's review for:
Destination Wedding
by Diksha Basu
After the fun adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians came out, there was a lot of (fair) criticism about the dearth of South Asians in the story. This book feels like a response to that, updated and elaborated and lots of asides to give character and consideration to the "small" subordinate characters and background workers, which is a nice touch. While this book in a way felt very made for me (a woman named Tina dealing with the complexities of being a child of the Asian diaspora sad she returns to the motherland and is a little bit boy crazy) I would have enjoyed this more had it not been sold to me as a romance. The storylines of all the older people in the book were much more engaging, and the protagonist and her peers were kinda boring assholes.
I dunno how I feel about this one, on one side I sincerely appreciate the POV of affluent India and the challenging of suffering/poverty porn narrative that is assigned to stories from the area but is luxury and a legion of employees that beckon to our every whim the ultimate goal *anyone* should be striving for? But maybe that is my own guilt of privilege speaking and it's more important for these stories to be told and we will sort out equity and wealth redistribution IRL in the meantime. I can see why Chrissy Teigan would like this book, not shade, but she is very rich.
I dunno how I feel about this one, on one side I sincerely appreciate the POV of affluent India and the challenging of suffering/poverty porn narrative that is assigned to stories from the area but is luxury and a legion of employees that beckon to our every whim the ultimate goal *anyone* should be striving for? But maybe that is my own guilt of privilege speaking and it's more important for these stories to be told and we will sort out equity and wealth redistribution IRL in the meantime. I can see why Chrissy Teigan would like this book, not shade, but she is very rich.