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Padders

A good read, but has some artificiality

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2020

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This book’s been praised enough, and it does have a lot going. It’s interesting and fast paced. But there are far too many characters. Some of them are starkly unbelievable, like Nono. I didn’t root for Tina or Marianne. It was more a pastiche of what to think and believe about india than anything authentic. I’d give it 3.5 stars.

Denise Krassner

Enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2020

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I purchased this book as a light read but it turned out to be so much more. It was less about the destination wedding and more about the relationships. It was a search for identity by the lead character, Tina Das. She was born in India but spent most of her life in the United States, a Yale graduate with a career in media, but she didn't feel as though she really belonged or fit in anywhere.

Tina's mother had a very strong sense of self and knew exactly who she was and what she wanted which caused some conflict between mother and daughter. Tina's father was also searching to find his true identity. The trip to India for the destination wedding allowed all to explore their feelings and it came together beautifully at the end. The story also touched on understanding Indian culture from an international and Indian perspective.

Natalie vargas

Best book I’ve read in ages

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2020

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This book is so funny and entertaining! I love it from page one. It is definitely a breeze of light air

SUSANA MEZA

Mediocre

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2020

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I was really hoping this book would be better. It could have pushed the main character a little more so it just fell a bit flat

melissa

Decent read

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2020

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I enjoyed having multiple perspectives throughout the story however slow at times and felt like the author lost where ending was going.

Meeshee B

Reminded me how much I enjoy reading

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2020

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Haven’t read a book for fun in a while and a friend recommended this. So good!

Kindle Customer

Entertaining, quick read

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020

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Entertaining read that I was able to finish in a few days. The characters were well developed and the story interesting enough to keep me wanting to read every free second I had.

noahjade

Fun

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2020

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Such a fun read!

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Ashima Jain

A caricature of high society keeps you engrossed with its wicked humour.

Reviewed in India on October 4, 2020

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Since The Windfall, Diksha Basu is on my list of Must Read Indian Authors. Naturally, then, this was a much awaited book.

Tina wants to feel Indian. Truly Indian. Not Indian in the sense of attending a yoga class in Brooklyn, in the country her parents moved to, to make a new life for themselves. She wants to know the real India but whenever she visits, people take her to bars and restaurants and boutiques that could be anywhere in the world.

She gets her chance to discover her roots when she heads to Delhi for her glamorous cousin Shefali's week-long wedding, with her best friend Marianne, her parents, and her mother's all-American boyfriend in tow. Navigating a world of Delhi playboys, models, dating agencies for widows, and wedding guests with personal bodyguards, Tina is determined to have an authentic Indian experience. Now, if only someone would tell her what that was.

In Destination Wedding, Diksha Basu presents a world teetering on the painfully serrated knife edge of calm and mayhem. I love how she paces her writing with the perfect ratio of speed and conflict.

Her cast of characters is an unusual mix and you find yourself judging them on all kinds of scales. My favourites have to be Neel Das-Tina’s father, and Nono-the groom’s grandmother. Peculiar doesn’t even begin to describe them and yet they are the two most endearing people in this entire charade. Amidst the bizarre wedding party and festivities, Basu draws a caricature of high society which keeps you thoroughly engrossed with its wicked humour.

A book for all seasons - be it a hot summer, a gloomy monsoon or a vibrant wedding season – Destination wedding will have you laughing till your sides hurt and you can laugh no more.