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A review by readingwithathena96
The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
2.0
I had really high hopes for The Golden Son. The preview I read was interesting, and I finished the book fairly quickly after it arrived in the mail. At the end of the day, it’s not a bad book; I just didn’t love it.
The core characters, Anil and Leena, are childhood friends who grow apart around puberty. They conveniently are reacquainted right before Anil goes to the US for his medical residency, and Leena gets married into a too-good-to-be-true family. Slight spoiler: things go very wrong for Leena and Anil VERY fast.
The story itself was compelling, and the characters were generally interesting and well rounded. There were a few quirks that drove me crazy- an Australian character who sprinkled “mate” into every other sentence, Anil’s roommates who never stopped calling each other “Bhai”. Time was also a lil bit wonky, leaving some relationships a little less believable, and the extremely happy ending a bit rushed (seriously, in about 2-3 chapters, Anil finds a perfect happily ever after in a vague character who ends up being perfect).
But, all critiques aside, I enjoyed reading The Golden Son. It gave me similar vibes as “The Color of our Skies” or “A House Without Windows” mixed with Grey’s Anatomy.
The core characters, Anil and Leena, are childhood friends who grow apart around puberty. They conveniently are reacquainted right before Anil goes to the US for his medical residency, and Leena gets married into a too-good-to-be-true family. Slight spoiler: things go very wrong for Leena and Anil VERY fast.
The story itself was compelling, and the characters were generally interesting and well rounded. There were a few quirks that drove me crazy- an Australian character who sprinkled “mate” into every other sentence, Anil’s roommates who never stopped calling each other “Bhai”. Time was also a lil bit wonky, leaving some relationships a little less believable, and the extremely happy ending a bit rushed (seriously, in about 2-3 chapters, Anil finds a perfect happily ever after in a vague character who ends up being perfect).
But, all critiques aside, I enjoyed reading The Golden Son. It gave me similar vibes as “The Color of our Skies” or “A House Without Windows” mixed with Grey’s Anatomy.