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Destination Wedding
by Diksha Basu
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
OWN VOICE REVIEW!🥻
I am so excited to finally post an #ownvoices review, so hello and take a seat!
Tina, a wannabe documentary filmmaker, is stagnated in career and romance. When her cousin Shefali throws a lavish wedding in India, she gets her friend Marianne to leave her boyfriend for a week to attend with her. Relaxation is out the window when her divorced parents each bring along their own plus one. Layer on top the fact that this is all their first time back to India in a decade - the country they are returning to is not the one they knew. What was supposed to be a reprieve becomes a (hilarious) week of soul-searching in new territory, where no one really fits in. The India of today is in a tug of war with itself, and so are Tina and her parents' relationships.
This book may seem like a frothy rom com, but it had a subtle exploration of Indian classism, colorism, casteism, and fatphobia within a light-hearted writing style. The jokes in the books were hilarious and irreverent, depicting ignorant and selfish characters in a Gossip Girl-ish way.
I am not sure if everyone would pick up on this, but as an #ownvoicereviewer of this book, I was obsessed with Basu’s reconstruction of subtle things that are SO INDIAN but hard to describe to outsiders. For example, Rajesh, a butler, constantly gives Tina unwarranted advice, like how to effectively moisturize her elbows. I don’t know how to describe why that is so Indian, but it's a way people show love and care in India, even if it is also low-key insulting.
Basu wrote through the perspective of her characters' inner thoughts, which was hilarious (given that everyone was so catty), but also so much fun to connect with. One unique thing about the book was that none of the characters were in the traditional marriageable age range, but all had the chance to explore love.
Obviously, this is the tip of the iceberg of Indian culture, and I hope most ppl traveling to India are not actually as ignorant as Tina and Marianne, but I was so happy to find this book!
Read if you like: Netflix’s Indian Match-making, rich porn books, a huge cast of hotties
⭐⭐⭐⭐💫/5
Source: library!!!
I am so excited to finally post an #ownvoices review, so hello and take a seat!
Tina, a wannabe documentary filmmaker, is stagnated in career and romance. When her cousin Shefali throws a lavish wedding in India, she gets her friend Marianne to leave her boyfriend for a week to attend with her. Relaxation is out the window when her divorced parents each bring along their own plus one. Layer on top the fact that this is all their first time back to India in a decade - the country they are returning to is not the one they knew. What was supposed to be a reprieve becomes a (hilarious) week of soul-searching in new territory, where no one really fits in. The India of today is in a tug of war with itself, and so are Tina and her parents' relationships.
This book may seem like a frothy rom com, but it had a subtle exploration of Indian classism, colorism, casteism, and fatphobia within a light-hearted writing style. The jokes in the books were hilarious and irreverent, depicting ignorant and selfish characters in a Gossip Girl-ish way.
I am not sure if everyone would pick up on this, but as an #ownvoicereviewer of this book, I was obsessed with Basu’s reconstruction of subtle things that are SO INDIAN but hard to describe to outsiders. For example, Rajesh, a butler, constantly gives Tina unwarranted advice, like how to effectively moisturize her elbows. I don’t know how to describe why that is so Indian, but it's a way people show love and care in India, even if it is also low-key insulting.
Basu wrote through the perspective of her characters' inner thoughts, which was hilarious (given that everyone was so catty), but also so much fun to connect with. One unique thing about the book was that none of the characters were in the traditional marriageable age range, but all had the chance to explore love.
Obviously, this is the tip of the iceberg of Indian culture, and I hope most ppl traveling to India are not actually as ignorant as Tina and Marianne, but I was so happy to find this book!
Read if you like: Netflix’s Indian Match-making, rich porn books, a huge cast of hotties
⭐⭐⭐⭐💫/5
Source: library!!!