Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma

6 reviews

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

margaretrose's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism

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

kaitlinnoodles's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Food allergy/anaphylaxis description used as a casual plot point:

Chapter 7 contains a moderately graphic description of anaphylaxis due to a food allergy occurring simultaneously with a panic attack, which happens as a result of a bad date.

peachmoni's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

Overall, I enjoyed this book. There was a part about midway through where the dialogue got a bit... strange. it seemed like the author ran out of steam or something. Instead of actual dialogue, it felt like the characters were reading out a synopsis of the main leads. Howewer, that was limited to that middle portion and the book recovered nicely, in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

abrich's review against another edition

3.0

This book is based on a trope that I dislike - person A telling person B something clearly and person B being upset when what person A said is what person A is like. Between that and the fact that I am more actions than words for 'love' the plot line just wasn't for me. But I believe that had I not had those hang ups would've been a very fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Medical content and Colonisation