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How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life (Paperback)

by Kaavya Viswanathan (Author)
3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks (27 Mar 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 075153742X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751537420
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 207,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Jennifer Weiner, author of IN HER SHOES and GOOD IN BED
'A funny, fast-paced, and utterly winning first novel . . . an irresistible read '

Kavita Daswani
'A treasure. Kaavya Viswanathan’s voice is fresh and funny, her protagonist instantly relatable'

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars What a load of rubbish!, 18 May 2006
I was really excited to read this book- especially as a respected author like Jennifer Weiner had written a positive review on the ads!

The story starts off weak... the middle is dull and dragged out for value and the ending is predictable from almost halfway through the book! Frankly, its what I would class as a poorly written book that should have been targeted at teens (if anyone!!)as it has that "legally blonde" Miss Congienality" type feel to it! Infact I cant even see a teenager relating to it as it really gets ridiculous in some places - its not even funny! I guess this is a result of 2 things: the fact that the authour is young (18 years) and she has not really thought the plot through and keeps harping on and on about "HOWGAL" and "HOWGIH".. Its soooooo irritating after a while!! ;o( I am a big chick lit / light reading fan and I dont recommend this book.. its rubbish!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Pathetic attempt at chick lit..., 6 April 2006
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About a third of the novel is product placement for various make up brands, deisgners and teen TV series. the rest is full of stereotype characters stolen form The OC. The only original parts of the plot and its' USP (ie how an Indian girl in the US copes with teen-mall culture) is incorrect. For a start the Mehta family would be Gujratis-not from Chennai where Kaavya's own family probably come from. Secondly the names of the uncles and aunts are stolen from Bollywood film stars (Reka btw is a South Indian name not something a Mehta would use). Kali is the hindu goddess of destruction and death-which parent would call their child that? it's like a WASP parent naming their daughter Medusa! the hindi is also incorrect: case in point when one of her aunts is upset at being called a 'houri'. Kaavya dahling 'houri' is usually preced by the word 'Jannat' which means heaven-houri's are not the Hindi phenetic equivalent of the english word whore but rather 'houris' are the most perfect, beautiful women of heaven. why would any woman who knows hindi complain about that? I think asian parents will read this book and see what happens when a young girl has completely lost her own culture and thinks American culture can be found in a teen magazine. throw in a few quotes from a physics book and u think this is a novel? It's very bad chick lit and both Kaavya and her publishers should be ashamed to be associated with it. God help us if there's a sequel-more inconsistent and inocrrect views of asian culture will abound! Bend it like beckham worked because the Asian cultural aspects were so correctly portrayed along with women's football. Kaavya should be sued by The OC and Vogue and Elle and every other fashion and teen magazine. she stole everything!
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic, 17 April 2006
i am not asian or of any religion so do not know about the religous ins and outs of this book but i lvoed it as a 18 year old girl about to go to university this book was excatly on the money it said how i feel and how strssful and how much of a maze the university interviews are.Yeah there is alot of product placement but that is part if this books setting and charm and part of he average teenagers life .Very funny book to read and easy to pick out the chracters of real people you went to school with but it is a book for the 16-24 age range .
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed!!
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