Love Marraige by Monica Ali goes into my "Books that Missed the Mark" category. I was really excited to read this one but it ended up not working for me. The summary drew me and I was looking forward to a Bengali perspective on marraige but too much time was wasted introducing minor characters and side plots that didn't add anything to the overall story. 

There was missed opportunity in giving layers to the main characters and the issues it aimed to explore. I was more than halfway through with the book when I realized the only thoughts I had were that I hated the future mother in law character and she represents everything that is wrong with "white feminism". I spent more time looking for chapters that featured certain characters' perspective than becoming invested in the story as a whole. 

If you are interested in super slow paced stories with a large amount of characters over a deep plot, then this might work for you. I did appreciate the writing style and the moments where there was exploration of deeper meaning but there just weren't enough of these to keep me intrigued. Had this one had more refined editing, it would have made it a different reading experience. This is one I encourage you to read for yourself,, and form your own opinion. It just may work for you. Thanks to @dartfroggco for the gifted copy. 

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