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Born Confused

Born Confused

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I Couldn't Put It Down!
Review: This was a wonderful book for any Indian American Preteen-Teenage Girl, who was born confused, or at least thinks she was. I could not put this book down... I loved the family traditions, and the way the author described and compared mannerisms of the characters. I felt like someone was writing a biography about myself (even though my parents are a little more patient and there is no way they'd even think about an arranged marriage for me)! The way this book is narrated is hilarious and light-hearted, and a reality check for any teenager out there. Written by the lead singer of a rock band, THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ! (But I'll warn you early...you'll stay up so late trying to finish the book that you'll have bags under you're eyes when you're done!)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Lovely!
Review: When I saw this at my school library was ecstatic, jumping in the aisles that there was a book about the Indian American Teenage Life written by an Indian American herself. Although the novel is 400 pages, I was done within two days because I just couldn't put it down. The story is common, about a girl trying to find out who she is, but the way it is told, is what makes this a fantastic novel. It has humor,sadness, love, and if you're an Indian American Teenage girl you can definitely relate to the character. Her parents are a riot and her best friend sort of reminds you of your own. A good Read!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: great read
Review: Great cultural book with a character that a lot of people can relate to. Probably my favorite aspect of the book was the descriptive writing. You could really picture Dimple's life.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: i could actually relate
Review: Myself being an Indian teenager, I felt that I could actually relate to a character in a book for once. It's so cool reading about someone like myself. I got so into the book that I couldn't put it down. Great story. I hope there is a sequel as well.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Finding self and culture in a multi-cultural world
Review: Dimple Lala has spent her life resisting her parents' pressures to confirm to a rigid Indian social standard, despite their American lives. Now they've arranged for her to meet a 'suitable Indian boy' for potential marriage - and when she discovers his unique unsuitability, interest is aroused which is not easily quenched. Born Confused is a moving story of finding self and culture in a multi-cultural world.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: wonderful
Review: I picked this book up in the library mainly because I was bored and had nothing else to read. What I read astounded me. The language was lyrical and I could identify with Dimple's awkwardness and displacement, even though I'm not Indian. I loved the way she was so confused and yet had moments of perfect clarity and wisdom. The plot was very interesting. There was a best friend who always tried to steal the spotlight, an unsuitable suitable boy who captivated Dimple, and encounters with a cross-dressing Indian. This gave me a glimpse into the Indian culture in America, something I had not read about before.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Book for Everyone
Review: This book is fantastic. It is so well written, and generally great, you can't not love it. Dimple is very confused, about her culture, the "suitable boy", and her family and friends. Even if you are not Indian, you will love this book. Actually, espicially if you are not Indian, you'll learn a lot.

Dimple is a very real person, and easy to relate to. I swear, you'll cry towards the end, it's so sweet. The book is a little over 400 pages, so you'll be gnawing on it for some time. But trust me, it is worth it!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I love this book!
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book full of drama, love, confusion and the struggle of a teen, Dimple Lala. Each character's personality is different and strong. You feel as if you are living in Dimple Lalas shoes and go through everything she does. She struggles with the clash of the two cultures she grew up with, being an a.b.c.d. I recommend this book to all teens and adults :)!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Highly Recommends to every Indian
Review: I enjoyed reading this book of drama, confusion, enigma and struggle of a teenage Indian girl growing up in West. This book deals with a lot of issues such as teen romance, family dynamics, cultural clashes, and lesbianism. On one side heroine Dimple, wanted to follow the traditions of his parents and on other side she wants to follow what her peers in schoolcand college do. There are clash of ideas and concepts, which is very common in the life of every Indian child born and raised in the west. Indians born and raised in the west, see everything as mirage. Like Dimple, they wanted to follow parents' beliefs and at the same time, they are bombarded with beliefs totally contrary to what they are taught to home. May be one of the answers to the confusion young Indians face, is books like Am I A Hindu? which describes every minute details of eastern culture or precisely Hindu culture in Question & Answer format. Indian parents have to understand that their children are growing up in a world of thousand thoughts and ideas, different from what they believe. So ignoring the problems will only make matters worse. Born Confused? baffles and intrigues as you read through the pages. I highly recommend this book to every Indian who lives in the west young and old like.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Stupendous!
Review: Tanuja Desai Hidier has written an incandescent coming-of-age novel about a young Indian (as in South Asian)woman who learns to connect with her culture, her family, and most extraordinarily, herself. At the beginning of the story, Dimple is not all that different from many teens. She finds her parents frighteningly clueless and alien at times and her best friend Gwyn is a personality-plus beauty who is everything that Dimple thinks she isn't. Dimple wears her ethnicity barely skin-deep to the point that she doesn't even identify herself as Indian when she is surrounded by other Indians in a nightclub with Gwynn. Her parents "set her up" with a nice Indian boy at informal chai-drinking visit and it's dislike-at-first-sight for Dimple. But then Dimple runs into the suitable boy again as a DJ in a nightclub and she is smitten deep down. They have a heart-to-heart conversation but then trouble develops when Gwynn, her best friend, falls in love with him too. This book is so well-written that I was sorry when it ended. This is a writer who has the ability to make her characters so real that you feel that you know them. I hope that she writes many more novels as wonderful as this one is.


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