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A review by ihateprozac
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
2.0
Apparently I was so "meh" about this book that when I read it last year, I didn't even bother to review it.
I won't lie, it didn't live up to the hype for me. I didn't love Dimple, finding her a bit aggressive or judgemental at times, while I conversely wanted Rishi to have a bit more fire to him.
However, the thing that really killed this book for me was it's multiple perspectives. Rather than give a solid chapter to each character, Sandhya Menon switches between characters within the same scene - meaning that sometimes we got a POV from Rishi that was literally a paragraph long! It gave me mental whiplash and annoyed the hell out of me.
Combine jarring POVs with characters I only have lukewarm feelings about, and it's not a recipe for greatness.
I'd consider giving one of her follow up novels a go, but only if she's abandoned the tennis match POVs.
I won't lie, it didn't live up to the hype for me. I didn't love Dimple, finding her a bit aggressive or judgemental at times, while I conversely wanted Rishi to have a bit more fire to him.
However, the thing that really killed this book for me was it's multiple perspectives. Rather than give a solid chapter to each character, Sandhya Menon switches between characters within the same scene - meaning that sometimes we got a POV from Rishi that was literally a paragraph long! It gave me mental whiplash and annoyed the hell out of me.
Combine jarring POVs with characters I only have lukewarm feelings about, and it's not a recipe for greatness.
I'd consider giving one of her follow up novels a go, but only if she's abandoned the tennis match POVs.