pickI liked this, but there were bits that make it a so-so for me.
Ved is a gay man in India, where it is illegal to be gay. He is pressured into an engagement just as he meets Carlos, who makes him feel happy again.
There was a lot of cheating, and guilt, and hypocrisy which is what knocked it down for me!
This was my #BookSpin and a goal for #20in4
pickAs India approaches the decriminalisation of homosexuality, Ved Mehra, the closeted gay son of a millionaire businessman, finds himself under increasing pressure to get married as he approaches 40. He gets engaged to Disha, an eligible heiress found by his mother, but then meets the love of his life. 👎
pickI found this on my kindle when my original #FoodandLit India book wasn‘t holding my attention. It was billed as a romantic comedy but I found the issues associated with being gay in India a bit deeper than the billing implied.
so-soThis was a decent story. Ved is being pressured into an arranged marriage by his family but hasn't told them that he is gay since it is still illegal in India. He enters an engagement to make them happy but then meets a man who he starts to fall for. The whole time Ved keeps saying how he's wrecked with guilt and is gonna finally come clean to everyone but then still doesn't, which was annoying.
#roll100 @PuddleJumper
pickA gay man struggles with the expectations of society and parents and his own desires and hopes
panFreebie from Amazon. I liked the premise of this book, but the writing was really lacking to me. It felt like I was reading an adult book with sentences for middle schoolers. I liked that this one exposed me to a different culture and was different than most books I usually read. Unfortunately though only 2⭐️.
pick10 out of 5 stars. Did not disappoint. It did however shock and awe me a little. And there were a few sniffles. Nice and sweet. *happy, contented sigh 😌*
I ate a passionfruit curd doughnut today and it was everything I dreamed it would be.
I‘m still finding my way into THE OTHER MAN, but my initial impression is that it starts in the wrong place. As of 14%, there‘s been a lot of backstory and scene setting. I hope it picks up soon. #gaymay
For World Book Day Amazon has some eBooks for free as well as some discounted. This was one of the freebies, can't wait to get into it. My friend had trouble getting it to pull up with just the ten freebies but all I had to do was Google World Book Day. It goes s going on until the 27th.
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Fast, fun, free—hurray! This romcom is set in and written by an author from Mumbai. Though the background may be serious (homosexuality was illegal in India until fairly recently) the plot line is and characters are lovably sweet. Plus, the food descriptions made me hungry!
Free until 4/27 at https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world-2022
What do you do when it‘s 3:30 AM & you can‘t sleep but are too tired to do anything else? Get 10 FREE Kindle books on Amazon for #WorldBookDay to #ReadTheWorld (link below)
It‘s my favorite time of the year! I got 9/10 because I already purchased The Puma Years. (Bolivia) For my #foodandlit friends (hangs head in shame because I haven‘t been joining in) the tagged book is India & there is also one from Japan & both look good. Other countries ⬇️
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