From Twinkle with Love by Sandhya Menon | Book Review
From Twinkle with Love
OH MY GOSH FROM TWINKLE WITH LOVE GAVE ME THE FEELINGS OKAY?! When I read When Dimple Met Rishi, I actually listened to the audiobook and it was marvellous! It made the experience so immersive and delightful. I got accepted for From Twinkle on Netgalley so I couldn’t listen this time, but it was honestly just as good.
If you’ve read When Dimple Met Rishi, then you’ll love this. Sandhya Menon has a way with words, okay?
“From Twinkle With Love is a heart wrenching tale about teenage friendships, challenging the norms of how we treat each other, and how we justify those decisions.”
From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon Published by Simon Pulse on May 22nd 2018
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary
Pages: 328
Goodreads
Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy—a.k.a. Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2.
When mystery man “N” begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it’s Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she’s fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil.
Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she’s got is not the one she’s scripted. But will it be enough?
Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, From Twinkle, with Love navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you.
This story got a hold of me straight away and I couldn’t stop reading! I finished in a few days and I actually cried when I finished it. I think it felt very real to me as I’ve recently gone through some changes in my frienships so I understood where Twinkle came from but then at the same time could see things she was doing that weren’t helping her situation. This is a spoiler free review so I will avoid going into more detail here but trust me it was emotional!
I had some thoughts on the fact that she wanted to be a director and that it was perpetuated throughout the story that the director was in essence the most important part of the film process. I have to disagree. As someone who studied filmmaking at uni and then went on to try and find a career in it – I hate this. I particularly loved editing a film, and in my opinion, editing is CRUCIAL to how a film will come out at the end. Give raw footage to two people and they can make two completely different films. I’ll give her some credit she did shoot a lot of it herself but still, she’s a self shooting dp not a director in that case.
Anyway that’s just a bug bear of mine XD I still loved the book and it was only whilst writing this I just wanted to see what you all thought about that too?
I really loved the way this story was told. I was debating listening to it on audible but I went with an ebook and it was so fun! The story was told predominantly from Twinkle’s point of view via letters she’s written to people she admires, so it’s like diary type entires. There are also a few group chat messages from Sahil and his group. It really added a fun quality to the story, and also aided in execution as it was quite important to mainly get Twinkle’s point of view.
I really Twinkle’s development, she really grew as a character, and not just in good ways. She struggled like we all do, more so than most in fact. It felt more like the inner monologue of a teenager which, I have to admit was annoying at times. But, then again, I think anyone listening to my thoughts would be annoyed! So I actually found it a credit to the writing. I really loved her family dynamic, it just made me warm and fuzzy at times (and sad in others, again no spoilers). I really enjoyed the fact that the dogs in the book where real people’s dogs who won a competition! So cute.
I don’t think any of the characters weren’t well developed. I thought it was really interesting that considering we constantly heard about Neil we didn’t really see him at all. It really added to it.
Gosh this was a hard review as all I wanted to write was I LOVED THIS BOOK OKAY.
What did you guys think of the book?
Question of the day: What was the last contemporary you read that you loved?
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18 Comments
Your posts are gorgeous!! And great review!
Thank you so much x
I’ve never heard of this book before but it sounds so interesting!😊
Lovely review, Jenn!😊
Xoxo
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Thank you!
My husband read this and really enjoyed it; we bought a copy for his classroom library. I still need to read it, but it sounds cute! I think the focus on how the director is the “most important” would also niggle at me, but as a teenager, I might not have fully realized all the complexities of what makes a film a good film. I’m glad you liked it, great review!
I really enjoyed this also!!! I did do the audio which was done really well. I’m glad the book was just as enjoyable😁
Glad you liked it! This book along with ‘When Dimple Met Rishi’ is on my bookish wish list! I saw how people loved the previous one and how this books hits all the right feels with them!
I recently finished reading Saints and Misfits, I loved this one! The MC was very relatable and the story engaging. I can’t wait to post the review ♥️
Did you end up getting Dimple?!
Ah I LOVED Twinkle and Sahil. I really think they were both so relatable in many different ways. Honestly Sahil is so pure and I totally admire Twinkle’s ambition. I think she had a great arc.
She really did didn’t she!
I can’t wait to get to this one, it’s been on my TBR for way too long!!
I keep seeing this floating around, I’m intrigued.
I am so glad you enjoyed the book! I am usually not one to read contemporary books but I have heard a lot about this one!
I loved this book!! It’s so fluffy and emotional. And Sahil is a sweetheart. Great review, Jenn! <3
I loved When Dimple Met Rishi! So I’m definitely going to check this out!
I agree – Twinkle grew A LOT! I saw a lot of people complaining chiefly about her, but I appreciated her growth and change and she was not the same person at the end of the book. I thought the integration of the texts and blog posts was a great way to bring in more POVs, and it really worked well. I was a fan of this book, and am looking forward to more from Menon
yay im so glad you loved this! not my cuppa tea but at least its a good read!! 😀
Yay! Glad you loved this book! I have started this (and I am very much enjoying it!) but sadly I haven’t had the chance to finish it yet! Soon… sooon!