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When Dimple Met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon
This book is not well written. One of the two protagonists is unbearable about 60% of the time. The plot is thin.
HOWEVER
It was cute enough and fun enough and different enough that I enjoyed reading it. I vocally responded to parts of it, even if it was just to mutter 'you moron' or 'but why would that happen?', and in my book, it's a very good thing when a text engages me that way. I seldom pick up YA books because they can generally be summed up as 'misunderstood white kids fall in love'. At least this bucked the trend a bit. I'm here for more diversity in YA. I'm here for YA books with a female protagonist who isn't a total manic pixie dream girl.
I'm not quite so here for the Teen rated fanfiction writing style, but we can't have everything.
HOWEVER
It was cute enough and fun enough and different enough that I enjoyed reading it. I vocally responded to parts of it, even if it was just to mutter 'you moron' or 'but why would that happen?', and in my book, it's a very good thing when a text engages me that way. I seldom pick up YA books because they can generally be summed up as 'misunderstood white kids fall in love'. At least this bucked the trend a bit. I'm here for more diversity in YA. I'm here for YA books with a female protagonist who isn't a total manic pixie dream girl.
I'm not quite so here for the Teen rated fanfiction writing style, but we can't have everything.