Thank you so much @PenguinRandomHouse & @NetGalley for giving me this eARC in exchange for my honest and unbiased review (Release Date | 30 June 2020)

SYNOPSIS | Tina Das is born in America to her Indian parents, but she doesn't quite feel like she fits in anywhere. Her family is invited to her cousins destination weeklong wedding in Delhi and Tina takes this as an opportunity to figure out her next move.

WHAT I LIKED:
- the discussion of the socioeconomic divide (particularly in India)
- the grandmother (Nono)

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
- too many characters in general
- too many different perspectives within one paragraph. For example, I would be reading a main characters perspective & then it would shift to the bartender, and then someone else... which pulled me out of the story & made the reading experience quite exhausting
- considering the story is focused around a "Destination Wedding", there actually wasn't a lot of the actual wedding

In a time when travel is non existent I was excited to escape to India vicariously through Tina. Even though I didn't quite love Tina's character, I still found this to be an entertaining read.

What I loved about this book:

1. One of my favorite aspects of this book was the positive spin on divorce. Rhada and Neel. are Tina's happily divorced parents, but they are so friendly to each other. Honestly they are the couple all divorced parents should aspire to be like.

2. I loved reading about the super fancy lavish wedding Tina was attending. Will I ever get the chance to attend a wedding on that level? Absolutely not, so that's why I enjoy reading about them in books. I definitely wish there were more wedding parts in this book.

3. I liked that this book showed you the difference between the wealthy and impoverished areas of India. As Tina and Sid visit areas she's never been to you get to see more of Dehli through their eyes.

What kept me from giving this book 5 stars?

- Let's just say Marianne was a bit cringy to read. She's having a bit of a life crisis so she spends her time living it up with the rich bachelors in India even though she had a lovely boyfriend back home. I absolutely hate this kind of disrespect in books.

- Another aspect of this book that distracted from my enjoyment was switching POV's within a chapter without clear definition. While it may not bother some, it does make this story a bit harder to follow.

If you enjoyed Crazy Rich Asians you may also enjoy this one.

I wasn't a big fan of this book - the style of writing went too deeply and randomly into the minds and lives of everyone who came across the page, from main characters to side characters or even extras in the background. It was a bit disorienting and felt too involved. I also didn't appreciate how oblivious Tina was to the way that she was treating and exploiting those around her for the sake of professional gain. There were tender moments that I appreciated, like the small insights into Tina's parents' history and relationships, but those should have been the focus of other books because they held so much.

3.5 rounded up to 4 star. Such an honor to be asked to review this book. Indian author writing a book set in India? Yes please! The book was very well written and I loved all the details. I will say that the plot kind of felt a little lost. Hard to explain, but it felt a little hard to follow. It totally could have been my headspace while reading though. Definitely will read anything this author writes!

This was a great story!It was a fascinating look at modern India and the relationships among a varying group of people.I find the characters interesting and complex!Tina and her family head to India for her cousin's wedding.The set-up here is pretty compelling, I find it unique!The culture and view of India was also another pros to the story!Overall, it was a great read!

Of course, after Chrissy Teigen raves about a title I"m absolutely interested! I enjoyed the glimpse into the quirky Das family, including all their significant others, as they navigate a destination wedding for a relative. The drama is delectable; if something could go wrong, it likely does. Shifting the POV between characters enriches the storytelling, but also confuses the timeline a little bit. Never the less, the whole book is charming and during a pandemic, it's the easiest way to "travel" to another country.

Tina Das travels to Delhi for her cousin’s lavish wedding. Her personal an professional life is filled with confusion and turmoil. Perhaps she needs this getaway. What could go wrong? Her divorced parents are there with their new love interests. A former lover of hers comes to the wedding. Talk about family drama! This book examines families, careers and finding a sense of belonging.

DNF

The main character is immensely unlikable. There are times when this really works for me as a reader, but in this case, I just found her annoying and did not want to be on her head. Based on other reviews, it did not seem like there would be a satisfactory character arc to make this all work.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this book. I was not able to finish the story so I will not be leaving a full review.

A prima de Tina vai celebrar o seu casamento. Um grande casamento, uma celebração que vai durar uma semana inteira. Enquanto ela se debate sobre o seu lugar no mundo — Seria nos Estados Unidos ou a Índia? — ela vai embarcar em uma viagem que para o leitor será riquíssima culturalmente, vai debater sobre status social e vão rolar uns body shaming tbm.

Foi aí que eu entendi que q leitura talvez não fosse pra mim. De fato, é riquíssimo em detalhes, tem uma assessora e cerimonialista de casamento que é hilária, mas quanto mais você lê a história, mais parece que ela não acaba. Vai se tornando arrastada, e, dado momento, mesmo com tanta riqueza nas descrições dos ditos de um casamento indiano, o livro fica chato. Ao menos, para mim, foi assim. Um livro muito parecido é Asiáticos podres de ricos, que além de enorme , mesmo tendo muito o que explorar da cultura, se torna arrastado e você se pega pensando nas atitudes dos personagens.

Mesmo Tina tendo um núcleo familiar interessante e uma amiga ao seu lado, o livro vai se tornando menos interessante a cada pagina, quando imaginei que seria divertido. A própria jornada dela não é interessante o suficiente, diferente de outros personagens ao seu redor. Talvez, se você tenha gostado de Asiáticos Podres de ricos, esse livro seja para você, mas infelizmente nenhum dos dois fez meu estilo de leitura.

Destination Wedding was light and fun novel. Filled with characters seeking meaningful relationships, and set in the US as well as India during an extravagant wedding, this book was certainly entertaining.

This was a multi-layered read. A fascinating look at modern India and the relationships among a varying group of people. I love books that feature over the top weddings (think Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy) with an intriguing cast of characters.

You do need to understand that this book features many different characters and you are going to get a variety of views. You are also going to be somewhat disappointed in the relationship between Tina and the hustler who really fascinated her.

I loved this book even though it did have a few flaws and I will be reading more by this author.

*ARC supplied by the publisher and author.

Tina doesn’t know where she belongs. Part of her feels she should be in India, but the other feels she belongs in New York. Is she an American, an Indian, or an American Indian? As she head to her cousins lavish wedding in Delhi, she hopes she will find the answer. Having her mother, her mothers boyfriend, her father, and her bff make thinks slightly more difficult to figure out. Will Tina find where she truly belongs while living it up at her cousins over the top nuptials?

This book was exactly what I needed to avoid a book slump. It was fun, but also serious, and overall just entertaining. I feel like Tina’s struggle is one many young adults face, whether it’s deciding between countries, or just leaving their hometown for somewhere else. I loved Tina’s parents and their commentary throughout the book. It added the extra something that made the book that much better. The only thing I had a problem with was that the poi’s changed fairly often, and it wasn’t at a chapter break which sometimes made it hard to follow. I had to read back and double check every once in a while. In the end, it wasn’t that big of a deal, but it’s nice to know going in so you can be prepared for it. I highly enjoyed this book!

This book is just ok for me. It had trouble getting and keeping my attention. The whole time I was reading it, it felt like Crazy Rich Asians fan fiction (and not in an interesting way.) It was really a struggle to read it- I didn't find the characters, plot, or writing all that interesting. Maybe this book would be a better fit for a different reader.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance copy.

I wanted to like this book, but it wasn't for me. I found the characters mostly unlikeable and the story took Much too long to get off the ground.

I really wanted to love this and didn’t even mind the extreme wealth of the characters because you know what sometimes I just want to escape.
I was just so bored however and none of the characters were likable. The plot took awhile to dive into and by the time it fully formed I was no longer invested.
Thank you very much for this ARC.

A comedy of manners set in India, Diksha Basu’s Destination Wedding is an entertaining portrayal of a large number of nuanced personalities coming together in Delhi for a wedding.

Tina Das, a reality tv show programmer, is the main character of the novel though it frequently switches to different perspectives throughout.

Having lived in the US since she was born but having been “conceived” in India, as she says, Tina has long been aware of the challenges associated with others' responses to her dual heritage & wonders again & again if she could/should live in India.

Traveling to India with her best friend Marianne as well as her parents gives her an opportunity to explore the place her parents are from & the place she visited often as a child.

Filled with moments that are by turns moving & absurd Destination Wedding seems to celebrate humanity. The characters are flawed, they are sometimes selfish and/or oblivious, sometimes unlikable, they show love & care, & they are hopeful.

There’s only a small amount of romance here and what there is isn’t super convincing to me but that’s not the focus of the story as I see it.

Though the switches in perspective are often jarring I also appreciated seeing things from so many different points of view, from Tina & Marianne, to the former’s parents, to the driver, a matchmaker, & more.

The various narrators’s thoughts on wealth, the complexity of India beyond any stereotype, & the complexity of the people in the story, are compelling.

While there are times the book feels a little too glossy to me, I enjoyed it *&* getting to meet characters who feel real to me.

3.5⭐️. Destination Wedding is available now. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

Not quite what I expected and not quite the enjoyable read her other books were. That said, it wasn't awful. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher.

This book had me cracking up at times. It was pretty funny.

Unfortunately, this book wasn't for me though. If you're someone who enjoys reading about extremely wealthy people then you will probably love this book!

I think there is important discussion in this book about racism and prejudice in the United States that makes it worth the read. As well as kids of immigrants who feel torn with their identity.

For me the organization was what was really off as there are multiple POVs in a chapter and it got a little confusing.

Yesss! This story was needed for the soul!! We haven’t been able to have weddings this year let alone destination weddings so I reached for this in a hot second and I know other readers will too! I loved Diksha Basu’s Windfall and couldn’t wait to see her write with this theme! She gifts all of us with the sumptuous details of planning the wedding in Delhi, India and reminds us throughout the world what most of us want more than all is to be surrounded by love and a place we can call home. Read Diksha!! Already can’t wait for her next theme!! (Yes I know I used exclamation points in abundance and this was intentional)