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bardo's review against another edition
4.0
When Liberal met Traditional Summary: Following tradition can be hard, especially if you're like Dimple and thinks tradition should stay in the past so as not to interfere with her future. But when the gods smile down on her and her parents allow her to attend Insomnia Con, she jumps at the chance to escape her traditional cage. Tradition is all Rishi has and it's a path he is willing to conform to make his parents happy. When he goes to Insomnia con to meet his future wife, will it work out the way he intends it to?
Pro:
I always love reading books that incorporate a culture I am not familiar with. The infusion of Indian culture and American was a great change. I liked learning new traditions from another culture and learn a new language.
The family dynamics was interesting to read as well and see how they were different and the same as my own. The contrast between how traditional Rishi and Liberal Dimple reacted to their parents can be related to by every teenager. The awkward transition of being an adult but still feeling like a child when finishing high school. The book demonstrates how there is a delicate balance between tradition and venturing out on new paths.
I always appreciate strong characters, especially female leads. I could reflect myself in Dimple. Wanting to make a path for myself and pursue a career that may go against tradition. I appreciated the honesty in how Dimple was portrayed in her confidence of coding and wanting to appear strong. Yet she showed weakness and tried to make herself stronger. Rishi was a breath of fresh air in his traditional beliefs and his love for Dimple. His attachment to his tradition did not feel fake or forced. The boy just wants to be loved!
It has been a while since I have read a book that has impressed me in the way Menon has. The way Menon describes emotions, situations and people are unique and vivid. Even though this book is geared toward a young age group, Menon trust the reader will be imaginative enough to visualize the descriptions she is giving. Several times I would re-read passages to experience what Menon wanted me to.
Con:
As with reading about a different culture, the mix of dialects can be difficult. The book would combine Hindi and English as the parents talked to Dimple and Rishi. Often times there was no translation to the English version. If there was a translation, it wasn't clearly indicated which made reading the book a little hard and took from the flow of the book.
So I was really excited to see a female protagonist in a technology field. I loved how Dimple lived and breathed coding not to mention she was awesome at it. These types of female characters need to be in YA literature but saying that I felt the story lacked the coding theme. There was very little mention of the app Dimple and Rishi was creating.
Quotes:
Your spirits are already friends
Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same
I thought you were the loveliest bookworm I had ever seen in my life
Love just makes idiots of people
Pro:
I always love reading books that incorporate a culture I am not familiar with. The infusion of Indian culture and American was a great change. I liked learning new traditions from another culture and learn a new language.
The family dynamics was interesting to read as well and see how they were different and the same as my own. The contrast between how traditional Rishi and Liberal Dimple reacted to their parents can be related to by every teenager. The awkward transition of being an adult but still feeling like a child when finishing high school. The book demonstrates how there is a delicate balance between tradition and venturing out on new paths.
I always appreciate strong characters, especially female leads. I could reflect myself in Dimple. Wanting to make a path for myself and pursue a career that may go against tradition. I appreciated the honesty in how Dimple was portrayed in her confidence of coding and wanting to appear strong. Yet she showed weakness and tried to make herself stronger. Rishi was a breath of fresh air in his traditional beliefs and his love for Dimple. His attachment to his tradition did not feel fake or forced. The boy just wants to be loved!
It has been a while since I have read a book that has impressed me in the way Menon has. The way Menon describes emotions, situations and people are unique and vivid. Even though this book is geared toward a young age group, Menon trust the reader will be imaginative enough to visualize the descriptions she is giving. Several times I would re-read passages to experience what Menon wanted me to.
Con:
As with reading about a different culture, the mix of dialects can be difficult. The book would combine Hindi and English as the parents talked to Dimple and Rishi. Often times there was no translation to the English version. If there was a translation, it wasn't clearly indicated which made reading the book a little hard and took from the flow of the book.
So I was really excited to see a female protagonist in a technology field. I loved how Dimple lived and breathed coding not to mention she was awesome at it. These types of female characters need to be in YA literature but saying that I felt the story lacked the coding theme. There was very little mention of the app Dimple and Rishi was creating.
Quotes:
Your spirits are already friends
Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same
I thought you were the loveliest bookworm I had ever seen in my life
Love just makes idiots of people
isabelbrieler's review against another edition
3.0
This book was pretty adorable, I’ll grant you. And a big hurrah for girls who code! But I’ll admit I got a little frustrated with Dimple and Rishi hashing out essentially the same dispute every 20 pages or so.
konvineo's review against another edition
5.0
This was so enjoyable and an overall adorable experience. RTC.
nooneyouknow's review against another edition
3.0
Easy, light YA romance with a diverse POV. Not my regular fare, but totally fine filler.
emlemmas's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
emily_gaynier's review against another edition
5.0
The only problem I had with this book, is that I read it to soon after a break up
It was really really good
It was really really good
megsbookishtwins's review against another edition
5.0
I received this free from the publishers via Netgalley
Dimple is passionate about coding and has been dreaming of going to Insomnia Con, a summer program for aspiring web developers where the winner gets to meet Jenny Lindt - a successful woman in the technology buisness – an idol of Dimple. So when her parents agree to pay for this program, she finally starts to believe that her parents have finally come around to the idea that she isn’t ready for a husband yet. But then Rishi comes along. He is romantic, traditional, and artistic, but when he introduced himself jokily as her future husband, she throws her drink in his face. Turns out, her and Rishi’s parents arranged their meeting believing them to be a match…
When Dimple Met Rishi was, simply put, a lovely read. When Dimple Met Rishi was a fantastically written and fun arranged marriage YA romantic comedy. I think I’ll forever be recommending this book to anyone who is looking for a good romantic comedy. But not just that, I feel like it is also an incredibly important book. When Dimple Met Rishi features two Indian American protagonists falling in love. Something which is important so that young Indian girls and boys who can finally see themselves represented in a mainstream YA book. But that isn’t the only reason it’s a great book. For starters, the characters are great and I loved BOTH Dimple and Rishi.
Dimple was my favourite as she was spirited, carefree, and very ambitious. She was fighting against her parents and their traditions. She thought they only cared who she married and how she looked not who she was or what her dreams and ambitions were. I liked how she figured out that all they really wanted was her to be happy, and that they were proud of her and her accomplishments, and always have been. I also loved that Dimple was so passionate about technology, coding, and web development, I think that sends some really great messages to young people, as we need more women in technology, especially marginalised. I also really adored Rishi as he was traditional, artistic, and kind and out of the two, he was the hopeless romantic which is always nice to see. I also liked that Rishi was very traditional and that he wanted to keep up his family’s tradition and heritage, but I also liked how he developed throughout the book to decide what he wanted to do and follow his art rather than do what his parents wanted.
The romance played a central role in the book, which I’m not usually a big fan of but I enjoyed Dimple and Rishi so much individually it was hard not to love them together. I love how their personalities contrasted so well with each other, but they still got along so well. It was a lovely romance full of mutual support, encouragement and admiration.
Overall, definitely a book I’d recommend to any romance and contemporary lovers. This is a book not to miss.
Dimple is passionate about coding and has been dreaming of going to Insomnia Con, a summer program for aspiring web developers where the winner gets to meet Jenny Lindt - a successful woman in the technology buisness – an idol of Dimple. So when her parents agree to pay for this program, she finally starts to believe that her parents have finally come around to the idea that she isn’t ready for a husband yet. But then Rishi comes along. He is romantic, traditional, and artistic, but when he introduced himself jokily as her future husband, she throws her drink in his face. Turns out, her and Rishi’s parents arranged their meeting believing them to be a match…
When Dimple Met Rishi was, simply put, a lovely read. When Dimple Met Rishi was a fantastically written and fun arranged marriage YA romantic comedy. I think I’ll forever be recommending this book to anyone who is looking for a good romantic comedy. But not just that, I feel like it is also an incredibly important book. When Dimple Met Rishi features two Indian American protagonists falling in love. Something which is important so that young Indian girls and boys who can finally see themselves represented in a mainstream YA book. But that isn’t the only reason it’s a great book. For starters, the characters are great and I loved BOTH Dimple and Rishi.
Dimple was my favourite as she was spirited, carefree, and very ambitious. She was fighting against her parents and their traditions. She thought they only cared who she married and how she looked not who she was or what her dreams and ambitions were. I liked how she figured out that all they really wanted was her to be happy, and that they were proud of her and her accomplishments, and always have been. I also loved that Dimple was so passionate about technology, coding, and web development, I think that sends some really great messages to young people, as we need more women in technology, especially marginalised. I also really adored Rishi as he was traditional, artistic, and kind and out of the two, he was the hopeless romantic which is always nice to see. I also liked that Rishi was very traditional and that he wanted to keep up his family’s tradition and heritage, but I also liked how he developed throughout the book to decide what he wanted to do and follow his art rather than do what his parents wanted.
The romance played a central role in the book, which I’m not usually a big fan of but I enjoyed Dimple and Rishi so much individually it was hard not to love them together. I love how their personalities contrasted so well with each other, but they still got along so well. It was a lovely romance full of mutual support, encouragement and admiration.
Overall, definitely a book I’d recommend to any romance and contemporary lovers. This is a book not to miss.
sara11_reads's review against another edition
3.0
Dimple is prickly and I like that she doesn't really change by the end of the book. Also, I found her to be a fairly unreliable narrator in a way that I think is true to how a lot of teenagers think - the world is against them and they know best. I didn't like the plot with the rich bullies - it's so cliche and overused.
jade_the_book_lover's review against another edition
5.0
I love the story and I can't wait to read more from this author