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I've not read such a relatable character for ages, despite the divergence in cultural background between Sunny and I it was piece of cake to nod along and grin wryly at the pressures and pitfalls of beingness a woman in todays world.
Her attempts to detect her perfect happiness (and please her mother by finding that homo to ally) are beautifully intense, often laugh out loud funny but too darkly observant when it comes to the affects on mental health of the constant force per unit area to settle down and
I LOVED Sunny.I've non read such a relatable graphic symbol for ages, despite the difference in cultural groundwork between Sunny and I it was piece of cake to nod along and smile wryly at the pressures and pitfalls of being a adult female in todays earth.
Her attempts to notice her perfect happiness (and please her mother by finding that human to marry) are beautifully intense, oftentimes express mirth out loud funny but also darkly observant when it comes to the affects on mental wellness of the abiding pressure to settle down and be happy.
It is a novel of love, family unit and friendship, a vibrant, emotionally resonant story, with an unforgettable primal protagonist and a thought provoking snapshot of life.
First-class. Highly Recommended.
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The premise of Sunny, is a thirty-year-one-time British born Indian woman, struggling to fit in with the stereotypes of the E/West background she has grown upwardly in.
Add to that, the pressures to experience like she should expect a certain manner, act a certain way, alive her life a sure mode.
Merely it'due south the do I requested this arc with much apprehension, equally I take seen the writer in her stand up comedy shows a few times, and she has ever hit the smash on the head about beingness a young, British Asian, single adult female.
The premise of Sunny, is a thirty-year-erstwhile British born Indian woman, struggling to fit in with the stereotypes of the East/Westward background she has grown up in.
Add to that, the pressures to feel like she should expect a certain way, act a certain way, live her life a certain style.
But it'due south the double life she struggles with and those pressures higher up? Doubled.
Sunny wants to be similar those friends of hers, settling downwards with their partners of selection, finding that intimacy that you only take with your soulmate.
She likewise wants to keep her parents happy, and not overstep any marker that might bring disrespect to her family, or her parents in particular.
Cue trying out all the dating apps, kissing many frogs, but non finding her Prince Charming, then clambering back into her 'home clothes' and wiping her make-upwards off before getting home, to where she is living, again, with her parents. And going out with her friends, with that 'emergency kit' forever with her, to mask any action her parents would disapprove of.
At home, life is so much simpler, until Mama comes in, with her wanting Sunny to find a suitable boy, and settle down,
What follows is a story filled with so much laughter, every bit you relate to some of the situations that Sunny gets herself into, including hesitantly allowing her mum to go involved in her online dating, even letting her expect at 'Tindles'!
But there is more at the heart of this.
Sukh Ojla deals with much more than the funny side of bagging a man so y'all can have that Big, Fat Indian hymeneals. There are unspoken expectations well-nigh how a girl should expect, what she should say, how she should bear, and how these counterbalance heavily on someone mentally and emotionally. She touches on mental health, and the subconscious depths of depression that can hit someone who is loaded with the pressure of expectation from all sides.
Being a resident of Gravesend for the concluding twenty years, I tin can vouch for the authenticity of how my marital hometown has been described, from the local Indian sugariness store to the town centre, the gurdwara to the promenade!
Sunny is a fantastic character, in herself, just the cast around her are every bit amazing. I love her Mama, who is that quintessential Indian Mummy (Gravo style) complete with the samosa making skills, and Yoga class friends who are forever gossiping. Her Dad is equally wonderful. Serenity, unassuming, just a colonnade of strength, regardless.
Sunny manages to discover some real pieces of work, on her hunt for Mr Right, but she likewise learns a lot near other friends she has, and the new ones she makes.
(At that place were times I wanted to slap sure 'friends' of hers!)
Almost of all, she finds herself, and I admittedly loved the ending!
I can't look for another from this author!
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Sunny is the queen of living a double life, either the entertaining upbeat friend or the perfect daughter. Just when her mum sees a guy friend dropping her home one nighttime, things go a little complicated. Is now the time to be honest a I had the complete joy of picking up Sunny by Sukh Ojla over the weekend. On Sunday evening, I was feeling peckish for the kind of volume yous can just inhale in i get, and right at the top of my pile was Sunny, which turned out to exist exactly what I was looking for.
Sunny is the queen of living a double life, either the entertaining upbeat friend or the perfect daughter. But when her mum sees a guy friend dropping her dwelling one night, things get a trivial complicated. Is now the time to be honest about what she needs, wants and deserves?
With shades of The Split, The View was Exhausting & Queenie, Sunny is a novel almost feeling a little outside of everyone else, about hitting thirty, living with your parents and wondering how the fuck you got there, and what is going to happen side by side. It's crucially also about the relationship between Sunny and her mother, equally they larn to communicate -- much of this in the latter section made me cry because information technology was merely so lovely.
Sunny is also a fat woman, and i appreciated that the story explored the microaggressions of beingness a visibly fat person aslope the culmination of her story not beingness weight loss. as well wow i love Beena, we all demand a Beena and a Natalie in our lives
Sunny is a bright debut about cultural expectations, family, dear and disease, for anyone who felt stuck between worlds. I am so grateful to have a proof of this, and it'due south out in the real world on the 3rd of March in hardback, ebook & audio! thank you to Hodder studio for the proof! ...more
What an absolute joy it was to read this. A totally relatable book! Beingness Indian myself, I found myself laughing, crying and cringing at moments, along Sunny's journey. A brilliant debut by comedian @sukhojla.
An honest account which will resonate with y'all for a long time; Sunny finds herself turning thirty and unable to get a handle on her life. With so much not accomplished and living at dwelling with her parents; seeing her friends all enter wedlock zones and Sunny unable to concur do
Oh Sunny!! 🌞What an accented joy it was to read this. A totally relatable book! Being Indian myself, I institute myself laughing, crying and cringing at moments, forth Sunny's journey. A bright debut by comedian @sukhojla.
An honest business relationship which volition resonate with you for a long time; Sunny finds herself turning thirty and unable to get a handle on her life. With so much not accomplished and living at home with her parents; seeing her friends all enter marriage zones and Sunny unable to hold downwardly a date, she finds herself spiraling and losing sight of who she really is.
How often nosotros find ourselves in Sunny'south shoes. Peculiarly women! Cultural pressures and societal pressures have about morphed together and crippled the self values we have for ourselves. Simply Sunny does well to remind united states of how to agree information technology together and this is probably what I enjoyed the most about the book.
With the forced mindset of how life should be lived by the age of xxx and together with her mum's interference and her friends constant judging, Sunny sets of on the all-time journey she will probably take...self discovery. And you'll be sure to non want to miss out...
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Information technology was light and agreeable in places, simply I felt that information technology needed some more serious sections and these were glossed over.
I besides felt that nosotros got a lot of dorsum story and then just every bit things started changing it ended, I would hav Sunny is struggling with life, she is living at dwelling with her parents and is stuck in a job she doesn't love. She is growing apart from her friends and doesn't see where she fits in. She is most definitely depressed and this is where I felt that the book needed to be expanded.
It was light and amusing in places, but I felt that information technology needed some more serious sections and these were glossed over.
I as well felt that we got a lot of back story and then just every bit things started changing information technology ended, I would have loved to read more than on Sunny decisions and what happens next.
I liked her human relationship with her mum and how that grew throughout the volume, the love really some through the pages. ...more
Wise and extremely amusing, I actually enjoyed this début. Sukh Ojla applies an injection of sense of humour at precisely the right moments making life's everyday situations interesting to read about. Every bit I greedily flipped the pages I found myself willing Sunny to a happier place where she might experience comfortable in her own skin. This novel is very much about friendships, both genuine and toxic ones. Sukh Ojla's terrific writing fabricated information technology easy to feel Sunny's emotions; her being the odd i out, her hurting and insecurity. Family dynamics are also a main feature of the novel and I revelled being privy to Sunny's evolving human relationship with her mum. Sukh Ojla's début is well worth picking up.
A special give thanks y'all to Hodder & Stoughton, Sukh Ojla, NetGalley and Pigeonhole for the opportunity to read. This review is my unbiased opinion.
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Sunny is dissatisfied with where There was something entirely enjoyable about this book. The signal of view is not one I am familiar with or at to the lowest degree the few I take had the opportunity to read did not agree with me. This was non the instance hither. If annihilation, I would say merely the incessant reference to her ain physical advent was the matter that got a piffling tiring (the number of times could take been fewer). I got that point out of the way in the very beginning to get a improve grip on my review.
Sunny is dissatisfied with where she is in her life. She is living with her parents (to save on hire) and working in a job that she does not have a passion for. Being highly compassionate, she lets people'southward condolement supervene upon her own when situations arise. When the book begins, information technology is an particularly tiring time as her closest friend is getting married. This is to be an Indian nuptials (one of the best conversations I found was the discussion between this and what it would mean to telephone call it Indian Themed instead)
The author walks a line when it comes close to stereotyping the people in her community past calculation enough information regarding daily life (both personal and as a grouping) to provide an extensive view of what it means to belong to such a community. The narrative did non but pick at a few points and harp on them, which was refreshing and informative.
These varying colours are shown in many of her relationships also. Each person is not just as they appear at start glance, making some family moments extremely heartfelt. I shed a few tears over a few scenes (quite wholeheartedly).
Sunny is the coming of age story with the growth arc of not just one individual but many of the people and the bonds they share with our protagonist. The writing is smooth, and the author's personal experiences seem to have influenced the stark reality of some interactions featured here.
I would definitely pick another book by the writer and recommend this to others who find the blurb interesting.
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It's non bad at all.
If you have Sikh friends, you'll spot ALL the many and varied cliches about family and community but only because they're cliches. doesn't mean they aren't true.
My favourite character is Sunny's female parent and Sunny's friend Natalie - both of whom are slap-up people for showing a strong graphic symbol who is having a gigantic wobble that she doesn't need to keep playing other people's games.
Good stuff!
Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for my copy.
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Sunny has recently moved back in with her parents. Xxx, single and antisocial her job, she is feeling directionless and unsure of what her hereafter holds. Nosotros follow Sunny as she tries to effigy information technology all out, balancing her disastrous dating life with her parents traditional views and expectations.
Sunny is such a amazing graphic symbol. She's funny and kind and a great friend. But she'south taken advantage of by some of her friends and clings to relationships that no longer serve her. Alo
Bodily rating 4.5 starsSunny has recently moved back in with her parents. Thirty, single and hating her task, she is feeling directionless and unsure of what her future holds. Nosotros follow Sunny as she tries to figure it all out, balancing her disastrous dating life with her parents traditional views and expectations.
Sunny is such a amazing graphic symbol. She's funny and kind and a great friend. But she's taken advantage of past some of her friends and clings to relationships that no longer serve her. Along with that her dating life consists of a string of men who neglect to appreciate how absolutely fantastic and feisty Sunny is.
This volume was such a delight to read. Sunny has some great one liners, her witty come up backs on dates had me laughing out loud. But my favourite part of the story was the development of her relationship with her mother, it felt and so authentic. I know this is a standalone novel but I absolutely would love to read a second instalment to Sunny'south story. A funny and heartwarming book that I throughly enjoyed.
Thank you to Hodder Studio for the review copy
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This book is wonderful. Very honest, heartfelt and funny!! The story navigates Sunny's piece of work, family and love life. The relationship with her family and mum especially is swell to read. I oasis't really read annihilation like this earlier but if I HAD to compare information technology to something it would exist Bridget Jones' diary (mainly the tragic dates), then if y'all liked that, you lot'll like this I'm a huge fan of the author, she is a very talented comedian and so when I establish out she was writing a book, I had to pre-order it!
This book is wonderful. Very honest, heartfelt and funny!! The story navigates Sunny's work, family and love life. The relationship with her family unit and mum especially is not bad to read. I haven't actually read annihilation similar this before but if I HAD to compare it to something it would be Bridget Jones' diary (mainly the tragic dates), so if you liked that, you'll like this, cos it's better! Poor Sunny has been a bit unlucky in love and reading her dating horrors makes besides for a funny chapter. This volume above everything is And so relatable. I tin relate to and then much of what she thinks and feels. Nosotros take all felt how she does regarding relationships with friends and partners, how broken-hearted and cocky witting she feels at times, and how you feel similar you don't fit in. This has and so much heart. It will make you laugh and cry. Read it very apace, and I actually hope Suki Ojla writes more books! Thank you and so much for this i. ...more
I could not put this book down.
A wonderful blend of sense of humour, heartbreak and everything in between, it had my full attention throughout. So and then so relatable for all women trying to figure out what the *F* is going on in our lives sometimes, where nosotros fit in, and where the edges of our boundaries lie. I wish the dabble into Sunny's mental wellness wa
I started reading this book on a flight and had a number of other passengers passing awkward glances at me every time I snort-laughed. I hit a new record.I could not put this book downward.
A wonderful blend of humour, heartbreak and everything in between, it had my full attention throughout. So so so relatable for all women trying to figure out what the *F* is going on in our lives sometimes, where we fit in, and where the edges of our boundaries lie. I wish the dabble into Sunny'south mental health was delved into deeper, only for more than pages to read, because information technology truly was a book I didn't want to stop.
The fact the author is also a comedian made me love this fifty-fifty more because She. Gets. Humour. The sheer amount of times I ugly-cackled out loud was liberating for my soul. It had been too long since a book has been able to do that for me, and I'grand grateful.
Sunny is a superb debut novel for Sukh Ojla. I loved as of it.
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Loved everything about this volume!
Sunny feels the weight of expectation on her shoulders. She knows that her parents want her to get married, but she only seems to meet men who are wrong for her. I think a lot of this is because of her singled-out lack of
How I wish I could take known Sunny when I was in my thirties - or even now, if I'grand honest! I read this volume on The Pigeonhole, and I looked forward to opening each stave every mean solar day. Information technology was one of those books that I but didn't want to stop. I mean, what happens after the terminal page?Sunny feels the weight of expectation on her shoulders. She knows that her parents want her to become married, but she only seems to see men who are wrong for her. I call up a lot of this is because of her distinct lack of self-conviction and her poor body paradigm. She calls herself fat constantly, she doesn't seem to like herself very much, and puts herself across as the life and soul of every party to her friends, whilst hating the way that they apply her. Actually, I don't call up that a lot of her friends are deserving of her friendship at all.
This book is a journey to self-acceptance for Sunny, and I was very happy to exist on that journey with her. It'southward funny and sad in equal mensurate. You tin can definitely tell that a comedian wrote this. Some of the observations were really funny, and the timing was perfect.
It's a touching, funny novel, and ane I'd recommend without hesitation.
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I have laughed and cried during Sunny's journey also as identifying with her at times.
Please can we accept a sequel?
Thanks to Sukh and Pigeo I thought at first that this book would follow a tried and tested formula of a woman needing to find a man in order to value herself. Luckily, I was wrong. The writer allowed Sunny to make her ain mistakes and striking rock bottom, seeing her then called friends as they really were. She then starts to abound and like herself and the humorous Sunny comes to the fore.
I have laughed and cried during Sunny's journey also every bit identifying with her at times.
Please can nosotros have a sequel?
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This has get hands down one of my favourite books of the year. I loved everything well-nigh this book from the storyline, to the character of Sunny to the writing manner. Everything most this book was just perfect. The reason this is one of my favourite books is because it was so relatable to me growing up as a female from an Indian groundwork. I could relate to everything Sunny was going through; from the continuous questions from the nosey aunties, twitchy curtains from family unit members who live nearby to the never ending questions request nearly your historic period and why you're still single. Anyone tin read this volume and relate to Sunny in one way or another. The author has done a fantastic job in raising some of the issues faced by people of Indian/Asian heritage which include the idea that there's a set time to go married, yous're e'er being watched and talked about, racism, people not understanding a different culture or even trying to brainwash themselves.
This story also perfectly highlights how you can outgrow your friends because yous are different or your thought processes change as y'all abound older. This is definitely the case when it comes to Sunny and her friend's circle who call themselves friends but don't appreciate or fifty-fifty effort to understand what Sunny is going through. So to see Sunny finally stand up for herself was pretty awesome. But Sunny was never truly solitary equally she had her friend Natalie who is ever in that location for Sunny. The reason I loved this book and why information technology left a lasting impression on me is that it was an honest portrayal of how there is this template in Indian civilization and if you don't fit into that template you're considered an outsider. Sunny proves that yous don't demand to fit into a template to be accepted merely exist you're most authentic cocky and that's something that I truly respect almost Sunny.
This is the author's debut novel and she has done a truly amazing job. Information technology is a volume I volition be rereading and recommending to anyone that will heed. By the end of the book I felt like I'd been on Sunny's journey with her. I laughed and cried with Sunny in equal parts and when I turned the final folio Sunny stayed with me and I saw a lot of me in her. What I took abroad from the story is that sometimes we all need to exist a flake braver, tackle those difficult subjects head i and be more like Sunny. I truly hope that the author writes a sequel and that nosotros become to catch up again with Sunny in the future.
Thank you Sukh Ojla for sharing Sunny with the world.
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Sunny is a xxx-year-old Punjabi woman who is living at home with her parents, feeling a niggling outside of everyone else, and wondering what the heck is going to happen next.
She's really at a crossroads in her life – she hates her job, feels like she's living a double life she's sunny on the exterior but non then much on the inside! Sunny is lying to her parents peculiarly her mum a lot, her friends and even her colleagues at work and
I really enjoyed reading Sunny and going on a journey with her!Sunny is a 30-year-former Punjabi woman who is living at dwelling with her parents, feeling a piffling outside of everyone else, and wondering what the heck is going to happen next.
She'southward really at a crossroads in her life – she hates her job, feels like she'due south living a double life she's sunny on the outside simply non and so much on the inside! Sunny is lying to her parents particularly her mum a lot, her friends and even her colleagues at work and feels like her friends aren't really her friends whatsoever more, she's lost.
Maintaining her standing as the dutiful girl, she'southward searching for "Mr Correct" away from the watchful optics of her mum whilst keeping up the advent of being the happy get lucky, amusing ane amongst her circle of friends.
But actually Sunny like so many of us, is suffering big style from low self-esteem and feet, and she comfort-eats carb heavy and sweet treats stashed away in her sleeping room as her coping machinery. Boy can I relate!
This story is crucially likewise about the relationship between Sunny and her female parent, as they learn to communicate - much of this in the latter capacity made me almost cry considering it was but so lovely and middle-warming. I really liked her relationship with her mum and how that grew throughout the book, the love really shone through the pages despite them not actually verbalising those 3 fiddling words!
Although culturally Sunny and I are different, I saw a lot of my younger self in Sunny when I had a big breakup and had to move back home and try to kickoff again when some of my friends were settling down getting married and climbing the corporate ladder.
I loved how this wasn't a typical notice a man to make y'all happy story, this was nigh Sunny hit rock lesser and pulling herself out of it, saying goodbye to toxic (and in one case racist) friendships and embracing new friendships and new starts.
I highly recommend Sunny. If I didn't work total time and have a toddler I would've read this in one or 2 sittings.
With thanks to NetGalley for an ARC of Sunny in exchange for an honest review.
...more After a skillful offset which promised humour and a little insight (the author is a comedian with another hat on) I felt this was non sustained and the novel was reduced to Asian chicklit.
I have no objection at a I had high hopes for this book recommended by a friend. Sukh Ojla is from Gravesend, as she says frequently in the volume, and I lived and worked in that location for much of my developed life, indeed, I went to the same schools as the author (many decades apart) and thoroughly enjoyed her references to the boondocks.
Subsequently a practiced beginning which promised sense of humor and a little insight (the author is a comedian with another hat on) I felt this was not sustained and the novel was reduced to Asian chicklit.
I have no objection at all to swearing being used in fiction and occasionally, when used in speech communication, it is acceptable in this story. It's the vulgarity in the general narrative that is and so distasteful to me. Others may differ in their stance but for me information technology adds zippo to the interest of the story; it but cheapens the volume.
A litany of misery, which may or may non be autobiographical though it's presented as fiction, left me feeling quite flat. I felt the author redeemed herself at the terminate nonetheless and I understand why some reviewers feel the book is an important one.
Unfortunately, the hardback copy I borrowed from the library has a typo on the back embrace and I expect they are notwithstanding. Poor editing on the part of Hodder & Stoughton.
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Recommend Aye/No: Yes
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️[iv/v]
I generally always get through kindle books faster than physical copies, equally I either have my kindle on me majority of the fourth dimension or my kindle app on my phone. That being said, i whizzed through this hardback, that too during a month that I don't unremarkably read, and struggled to put it down!
Cheers @sukhojla for bringing such a relatable and down to earth character into our lives. I may not have had the same life as Sunny b
[REVIEW] Sunny by Sukh OjlaRecommend Yep/No: Yes
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️[4/five]
I generally ever get through kindle books faster than physical copies, every bit I either accept my kindle on me majority of the time or my kindle app on my phone. That being said, i whizzed through this hardback, that besides during a month that I don't commonly read, and struggled to put it downwardly!
Cheers @sukhojla for bringing such a relatable and down to world character into our lives. I may not take had the aforementioned life as Sunny just I can definitely relate to some of the expectations south asian children are faced with and how judgemental people in the community can be. I loved how unapologetic Sunny was and despite all the trials and tribulations she faced, stayed true to herself.
I plant the storyline around her friends particularly important, as it addressed and then many issues and I know many people are faced with similar situations on a daily ground. I'k sure this storyline will assist those in a similar situation to stand up for what'southward right and understand their importance!
Without ruining the volume for anyone , I loved the ending. I finished the book with my heart feeling total and that warm feeling you get with an ending you wanted.
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I found this read to be funny and upfront and honest. Life is tough when there are so many external pressures of expectations of what a successful life looks similar by comparisons to friends, family unit also every bit internal expectations. This is all felt by Sunny who feels she tin't exist herself in gild to maintain a certain version of who she is to delight others and it's hard to proceed that up as nosotros find out in this story.
The relationship Sunny has with her mum is and then heartwarming in this novel and I love how it blossoms along the way. I love the support Sunny's mum gives her, especially when trying to find a prissy boy on 'Tindles' (aka Tinder) which was hilarious. The claiming Sunny finds to open up to her Mum is and so relatable as we all don't want to worry our parents and beingness open up about emotional problems is culturally different in Asian families. Only Mums have a sixth sense and it'due south beautiful to witness how Sunny's mum finds a way to exist there for her daughter. One of my favourite characters!
There are many aspects of this book that reminded me of Bridget Jones' diary dealing with jellyfish stings from backhanded compliments from friends and hitting stone bottom but finding a style to pick herself back up again. It's also a coming-of-age story besides as Sunny learns to choose a path for herself and finds a mode frontward on her ain that volition make her happier.
A lovely read that is funny and quick to read merely also deals with topics on cocky-dear, mental health and relationships with family unit/friends.
...more This is a funny, wise and incredibly relatable novel and one I'll exist encouraging my daughter to read. Information technology will definitely resonate with women everywhere, many of the troubles and anxieties Sunny faces instantly recognisable irrespective of your groundwork. But what makes this novel actress special is the humour that Sukh Ojla applies to these everyday familiar situations. Hardly surprising given she's a comedian but I wasn't aware of that fact until I'd finished the book as I tend to skim over all the blurb! She allows u.s.a. to express mirth at ourselves, hitting the nail on the head with regards to the absurd pressures we (and others!) place upon ourselves every bit we stumble our way through our twenties and into our thirties. It'southward often hilarious, may occasionally brand you wince with embarrassment and will possibly make yous salivate as in that location are a lot of food references (yum yum). However what y'all'll find yourself doing the most as y'all romp through the pages is urging Sunny towards a better happier place in which she learns to feel comfortable in her own skin. Sunny joins the ranks of fictional characters you lot merely want to smother with amore. She really brought out the female parent hen in me and as the novel progresses I felt myself becoming fiercely protective of Sunny's feelings, like a tigress protecting her cub. For the duration of the novel I "adopted" Sunny every bit one of my own, itching to fight her battles for her. Equally I frequently find myself doing with my own daughter who'due south struggling to find her anxiety (and her phonation) in an adult world I wanted to agree Sunny close and remind her that everything would be alright in the cease and if information technology wasn't then it wouldn't be the end!
Although Sunny (and her mum!) may exist preoccupied with finding a potential married man this novel is all most friendships also; unhealthy toxic ones which are well past their sell past date and good, sometimes surprising ones that offer Sunny sanctuary from all the insanity around her. On many occasions I was booing and hissing at these so chosen friends, berating Sunny for comparison herself to these shallow, unkind, skinny b*****southward. I felt every inch of her hurting and insecurity at forever beingness the odd one out, recognising the trap women fall into, competing and comparison ourselves to our contemporaries but to find ourselves wanting. Why do we practice information technology?? I was impatient for Sunny to finally see the light and take control of her ain happiness. The question is does she succeed?
I dear novels that showcase individuals from very unlike backgrounds to my own then to be able to immerse myself in Sunny's life in and outside of the Sanghera household was a wonderful feel I wouldn't take wanted to miss. She truly is a character and a one-half! Family dynamics are fascinating full end and I loved being privy to the conversations that occur between Sunny and her meddling but well meaning mum. The nature of their relationship and the way information technology evolves over time is an integral part Sunny'south story and is perchance my favourite aspect of the novel. I adored Mrs Due south nearly as much every bit her daughter! I could easily run into myself making friends with this woman gossiping well-nigh our daughters lives amongst other things! I'd like to call back that'south not the last nosotros'll hear of the Sangheras equally both female parent and daughter are brilliant, believable characters. Sukh Ojla'southward debut is a witty, fun read and ane I heartily recommend.
My thanks as always to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read in exchange for an honest review.
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Aloysius is a miniature schnauzer, 1 of those dogs that await like a grumpy old human being and has the personality of one too. He hates children and loud noises.
We take a lot in common.
While it seems that Sunny might mainly exist preoccupied with finding "the one", friendship and what makes someo The balance of keeping upwardly with expectations set upon y'all by family, always keeping upwards the appearance of beingness the happy and funny friend versus the reality of how imagined your life and coping with existent feelings.
Aloysius is a miniature schnauzer, one of those dogs that look like a grumpy old man and has the personality of one too. He hates children and loud noises.
We have a lot in common.
While it seems that Sunny might mainly be preoccupied with finding "the i", friendship and what makes someone a skillful or toxic friend is an enormous part of this story and at ane point I found myself wanting to give Sunny a hug and tell her that information technology's okay to not be okay.
What made this book a not bad read was the humor that Sukh Ojla put into the characters and the maybe somewhat absurd but however familiar everyday blazon of situations.
Thank you Netgalley, Hodder & Stoughton and the author Sukh Ojla for the opportunity to read this Book as an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
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I absolutely loved Sunny and found myself relating to Sunny in then many ways. Sunny is a 30 year old British built-in Panjabi adult female and living with her parents. She hates her job and like her other friends wants to find love and settle down. The story follows her journey and believe me you'll desire to read.
Firstly hats off to writer's writing way. An easy read nonetheless very
This is non my usual genre but when I read the blurb I actually wanted to be a part of the readalong and what an astonishing read it was.I absolutely loved Sunny and found myself relating to Sunny in so many ways. Sunny is a 30 year erstwhile British born Punjabi woman and living with her parents. She hates her job and like her other friends wants to discover love and settle down. The story follows her journey and believe me you'll want to read.
Firstly hats off to writer'south writing way. An piece of cake read however very entertaining. I loved how Sunny's emotions were described. It brought back so many memories. Loved the interaction between Sunny and her mother. One time over again I felt that connectedness.
It's a very well written book about family unit, friendship and cultural expectations. Definitely recommend Sunny and I am looking forward to reading more than of the writer's work.
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She has many of the insecurities we may all feel from time to time, but they are wearing her confidence into the ground and the people around her don't seem to be helping.
In that location are some very low points indeed for Sunny, but there also remains a thread of promise running throughout her story and her wicked internal monologue shows her spirit is still in show, despi
Sunny, the aptly named narrator of this book, is a warm and vividly drawn character, but she just doesn't realise what a gem she is.She has many of the insecurities we may all feel from fourth dimension to time, but they are wearing her confidence into the footing and the people around her don't seem to be helping.
At that place are some very low points indeed for Sunny, but there also remains a thread of hope running throughout her story and her wicked internal monologue shows her spirit is notwithstanding in bear witness, despite all that life throws at her.
A wee flake more than time to develop some of the issues raised would have been welcome, but otherwise a delight to read.
Thanks to the writer and Pigeonhole for the opportunity to read this volume.
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Living in her parent's house at 30 was not the programme, nor was still beingness unmarried while all her friends are engaged, married or getting mortgages. On the exterior Sunny is always, well, sunny, but inside Sunny is struggling because no affair how hard she tries she Sunny lives in 2 worlds and isn't really happy about either of them: At dwelling with her parents she is the obedient and dutiful Punjabi daughter. Out with her friends she is the funny just permanently single, ever organised, party girl.
Living in her parent'south firm at xxx was not the program, nor was yet being single while all her friends are engaged, married or getting mortgages. On the outside Sunny is ever, well, sunny, only inside Sunny is struggling considering no affair how hard she tries she constantly feels like she can neither measure up nor go on upwards.
When Sunny'south loving female parent sees a man dropping Sunny home ane night she demands that Sunny starts letting her into her dating life - It couldn't get any worse, right?
British comedian Sukh Ojla draws on her own experience of being from a British Panjabi Sikh family and all the cultural conflicts and divergent expectations that brings, and it makes for interesting (as someone who is neither British not Panjabi I learned a few things near both cultures), funny, insightful reading. Sunny'southward journey in romantic entanglements, friendship dilemmas, cocky-esteem, torso epitome, and parental expectations will resonate with anyone who has had to navigate those worlds no thing their cultural groundwork.
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We follow Sunny as she straddles the various pressures that come with this, looking a certain way, achieving certain milestones past a certain historic period, the struggle to find an emotionally available partner when express to the superficial confines of online dating apps and ultimately, when surrounded by family unit and friends who phonation their observations aloud, her deliberation of these various desires from life and whether they are imposed by society or deed every bit a true reflection of what Sunny really wants.
Ojla presents her debut with an undeniable confidence and the effort to raise issues of cultural appropriation, mental health, depression the struggle to speak openly with family and experiences with therapy in a way which is sensitive and seeks to be inclusive for the readers. As a British Asian, I establish Sunny's experiences of family life ina panjabi household to be accurate that I plant myself snug, nearly every bit if it was domicile...and sometimes and then unexpected that I would express mirth out abruptly with delight at the similarity! I loved Sunny and found it an easy read and couldn't recommend information technology more.
Thanks so and then much @Netgalley and @Hodderbooks @Hodderpublicity for the advanced reader's copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
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