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Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma

25 reviews

onegalonelife27's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

 We’ve got ourselves a really great story here! Prem and Kareena find themselves on opposite ends on love-Prem is convinced that love actually hurts while Kareena is seeking true love-a search sped up by her father selling her family home and he’ll only give her money she desperately needs if she gets engaged. And when they fight on his talk show-on air- over their views damages Prem’s reputation, it makes him desperate to take up on his mother’s offer to sponsor his community health center if he gets engaged. And Kareena’s four aunties are quick to stage an invention, pointing out their circumstances to one another and thus are perfect for one another much to the other’s horror. 

An interesting point that happens next is that while Prem is perfectly fine with the tried and true  with fake dating, Kareena is not. Kareena does want true love-just doesn’t want it with Prem. She tries the delights of internet dating, while Pram tries to convince her to go with his plan. Leading to some of the most competitive, and frankly adorable dates I’ve read. 

I do feel like we’re made to dislike Kareena’s family a bit too much, not a good first impression. Though they do have their good sides. I do feel like they could have gotten a bit more time to shine and show they do care about Kareena.

I like how when we meet our leads, we learn what they want, backstory-nothing is a mystery to reader about these two. There’s no big dramatic reveal to us, but as they get closer they start to share more about themselves which I think is very tender and sweet. 

For the “aunties” in the series, “If Shakespeare was an Auntie”, four aunties-friends of Kareena’s mom, are the matchmakers for the story, perhaps the rest of the series. While the four have distinct personalities, they are a well oiled machine, working together to get what they want-from staging an intervention/meeting with the couple to get them to date, to getting a ride to their local TV studio or taco bell. 

All in all this is a book for those who like a twist on the classics. I’ll definitely pick up the next in the series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Alcohol

annahamburger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Religious bigotry

emmysforeverbooked's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This book was the true definition of a rom-com to me. There was the perfect balance of spice and humor and emotion and I truly cannot wait to pick up the second book in the series. I think Nisha Sharma might've just turned into an auto-buy author for me!!

(little spoilery section about the spicy scenes below!!)

So, the only thing I really had qualms with in this book was the sex scenes. At certain times, they felt a little fanfiction-y to me. They weren't bad necessarily, it just felt kind of like I was reading something on Wattpad in a way. Oh yeah, also she named his d!ck for some reason? I will never look at another person named Charlie the same way again 🫣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness and Alcohol

ecravens's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

nyree42's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

3.25

What I enjoyed most about this book was all the mentions of Indian/Desi food. Yum.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I loved pretty much every character in this aside from Kareena's Dad, grandmother, sister, and two of Kareena's dates.

the one that basically poisoned her with cinnamon when she specifically asked for no cinnamon because she's allergic, and he ignores that and gets her cinnamon anyway and all he could say was no normal person doesn't like cinnamon and she'll like it if she tried it, ugh just pissed me off, she was so lucky that Prem was there as she didn't have her EpiPen with her and Prem was able to rush her to a doctor, and then of course there's the misogynistic asshole that was the last date she had, saying she should lower her standards because of how she dresses and basically saying that she'd look prettier if she wore more makeup, just no absolutely not and I'm glad she held onto her standards and didn't settle for anything less than she deserves

There was one date of hers that I really liked though, but they were definitely better off as friends. 

Other than some of her dates and her dad, grandmother, and sister, I really liked pretty much everyone else. I absolutely loved Kareena's aunties, Kareena's friends, Prem's friends, Prem's mother, and I actually liked Prem as well, even if he's frustrating when it comes to his feelings most of the time. 

There were a few things that pulled me out of the story a time or two, but it wasn't enough to get me to stop reading. It just brought my rating down a little bit. 

I'd most likely recommend this if someone asked me about it. It was definitely an entertaining read overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

caseythereader's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexism

meggiemeggie52's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I loved the overall story arc and character development (plus I'm always a sucker for a Taming of the Shrew adaptation). Unfortunately, there was a bit too much spice for me personally. A few chapters in the middle were so spice-heavy that it started to pull me out of the story, and I found myself starting to skim over it to get back to the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Lots of detailed spice, especially in the middle. MC's mother dies before the book--what happened isn't discussed in great detail, but it's mentioned multiple times.

readwithde's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Colonisation