Rating: 
Summary: great cultural insight
Review: As a Pakistani-American in a 3 year relationship with my own forbidden American boyfriend, I can totally relate to this beautifully written story. Malladi captures the cultural differences exquisitely in this book. This book seemed to be a record of my own life. Her portrayal of South Asian culture especially when it comes to marriage is right on. I would recommend this book to any American man involved with a South Asian woman. I would also recommend it to anyone struggling to understand the overall difference of the definition of respect in America vs. South Asia. The book's twist at the end will also make your jaw drop.
Rating:
Summary: great cultural insight
Review: As a Pakistani-American in a 3 year relationship with my own forbidden American boyfriend, I can totally relate to this beautifully written story. Malladi captures the cultural differences exquisitely in this book. This book seemed to be a record of my own life. Her portrayal of South Asian culture especially when it comes to marriage is right on. I would recommend this book to any American man involved with a South Asian woman. I would also recommend it to anyone struggling to understand the overall difference of the definition of respect in America vs. South Asia. The book's twist at the end will also make your jaw drop.
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Summary: The Indian "Like Water for Chocolate"
Review: As a South Indian I have always felt that there is a dearth of novels about the Indian south. THE MANGO SEASON fills that hole and more. The story is about Priya, born and raised in India, comes to the United States to do her masters in computer sciences. She gets a job, gets settled and engaged to an American. Then comes the time to go home and tell her family about the American; and the fun begins. All the characters in Priya's family, from her loud mother to her conservative grandfather to her understanding father and aunts, are wonderfully described. I especially liked the way the author showed how food is cooked in south Indian homes; and how mango pickle is made. This is an excellent novel; read it and get hungry for south Indian food!
Rating:
Summary: Deliciously spicy!
Review: Funny, delightful and unpredicatble, THE MANGO SEASON is a fabulous read. I loved Priya and how she struggles to tell her family about the American in her life. I am an Indian married to an American myself and perfectly understand what Priya went through. I also liked her aunts very much, both Sowmya and Lata were amazing women; I am ready to read the next book by this author.
Rating:
Summary: Love Marriage
Review: I am an American married to a man from south India. Like the characters in the book, we fell in love in college. His parents had a girl picked out for him to marry after graduation. This book is so true, we laughed through the entire book.
Rating:
Summary: Another great book by Amulya
Review: I am not of Indian origin, but I can relate to Priya's experience in the book. Amulya is now of my favorite writers. Can't wait to read her next book.
Rating: 
Summary: Good read...but
Review: I confess that I really didn't know anything about Indian
culture prior to reading this book. The only thing that really attracted me to this read is that is had an African-American character in it and I wanted to see how the cross-racial/continental lines would be dealt with.
I think Malladi does this well.I thought that Nick, the character's African-American
fiance was not the preconceived African-American male looking for a piece of exotic meat-and that was a good thing.
However since he was so central to the story I definitely wanted to know more about him.I really think that is the story had had him in there as a second character that it would have been fleshed out a lot more. Since everything centers around him, the
reader really needs to hear him in the first
person rather than third. However, I think that
the setting which takes place in India works so well
in showing the culture shock/clash that many
experience once they are removed from their immediate culture and into another and then
going back to their immediate culture with
different values etc. The one thing that I also wanted more of was the character Somiya. She was so interesting that I think a whole novel
should be dedicated to her. But more than that, the author doesna superb job dealing with arranged marriages and women's issues. I hate to admit that I didn't even know that so many modern things are happening in India. Of course, this review is from an African-American who knows absolutely nothing about what really happens in India and the work is fiction, but I don't think that I was lead astray. I think my lesson has just begun.
Rating:
Summary: Good read...but
Review: I confess that I really didn't know anything about Indian
culture prior to reading this book. The only thing that really attracted me to this read is that is had an African-American character in it and I wanted to see how the cross-racial/continental lines would be dealt with.
I think Malladi does this well. I thought that Nick, the character's African-American
fiance was not the preconceived African-American male looking for a piece of exotic meat-and that was a good thing.
However since he was so central to the story I definitely wanted to know more about him.I really think that is the story had had him in there as a second character that it would have been fleshed out a lot more. Since everything centers around him, the
reader really needs to hear him in the first
person rather than third. However, I think that
the setting which takes place in India works so well
in showing the culture shock/clash that many
experience once they are removed from their immediate culture and into another and then
going back to their immediate culture with
different values etc. The one thing that I also wanted more of was the character Somiya. She was so interesting that I think a whole novel
should be dedicated to her. But more than that, the author doesna superb job dealing with arranged marriages and women's issues. I hate to admit that I didn't even know that so many modern things are happening in India. Of course, this review is from an African-American who knows absolutely nothing about what really happens in India and the work is fiction, but I don't think that I was lead astray. I think my lesson has just begun.
Rating:
Summary: *Excellent adventure*
Review: I could not put this one down. Priya has been living in the US for 7 years and is engaged to a non-Indian American. She flys to India to break the news to her family who she fears will disown her for not marrying an Indian boy of "thier" chose. Watch the fireworks fly when her family finally learns the news. Great story,don't miss it.
Rating:
Summary: Funny, funny and funny...
Review: I laughed out loud while reading this book. Priya's mother is a hoot and so close to so many mothers I know. I guess mother-daughter relationships are universally weird and Amulya Malladi does a great job of illustrating that. I really got to see India in this book; and I enjoyed the cooking so much. This is different from the food we get in a lot of Indian restaurants and I think I may try to make a few based on the recipes in the book.
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