History YMMV / NeverHaveIEver

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Just a few.
** When Fabiola [[spoiler: figures out she is a lesbian, Eleanor enthusiastically supports her and asks if her crush is "Kristen Stewart in ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' hot" or "Kristen Stewart in ''[[CharliesAngels2019 Charlie's Angels]]'' hot" and finds another new friend in Jonah, who is closeted, and outs himself after she accidentally outs herself at a party]].
** Memories of Mohan, like when Nalini remembers them buying their house together and when he took her for a ride on the moped to cheer her up (after she was suffering post-miscarriage depression), or when Devi remembers him watching tennis and teaching her gardening or how to play the harp.
** Eve and Oliver being a supportive girlfriend and boyfriend to [[spoiler: Fabi]] and Eleanor.
** Regardless of whether you're Team Ben or Team Paxton, Ben going up and out of his way to reconcile Devi with her friends (even buying them all smoothies as a way to coax them into talking with him) after a serious wedge had been formed between them was a very sweet thing to do. As was seeing the three friends finally put their fight behind them and mend the broken bridge between them for several episodes.
** Devi and her mother finally reconciling after their huge fight and spreading her father's ashes along the beach.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Devi herself. She does something really messed up or goes off at someone roughly every ten minutes of the show, and both the people in-universe and viewers acknowledge that she is problematic. Yet she is relatable and entertaining enough, that many fans root for her and comments stating something along the lines: "I support women wrongs when it's Devi" are quite common.

* IronWoobie: Rebecca Hall-Yoshida had been bullied in the past for her Down Syndrome but she is a very talented, confident, and stylish young woman who speaks her mind.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Nalini talks about how when Indians, even penny pinchers, come into a bit of money they buy a cement fountain, Kamala replies dreamily, "Oh I'd like a fountain" and later they drive a holy man to a nursery so he can buy a fountain. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Devi) actually said that after the first season wrapped up, her parents actually bought and installed a water fountain for their house.

* RonTheDeathEater:
** Ben is seen as TheBully by some fans who don't ship him with Devi, even though he and Devi ''both'' consistently swap cutting barbs with each other (such as her unintentionally cruel remark about how she wished "Nazis would kill him" before realizing Ben is Jewish and how anti-Semitic she was actually being).

!!YMMV:

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The first season was criticized for [[https://www.wearyourvoicemag.com/never-have-i-ever-seen-a-show-so-casteist-and-racist/ casual]] [[https://muslim.co/whats-with-the-islamophobia-in-netflixs-never-have-i-ever/ Islamophobia]][[note]]The scene during the Ganesh Puja where Kamala commiserates with a woman who was unofficially exiled from the community for marrying and then divorcing a Muslim man[[/note]]. The second season introduced Aneesa, an Indian-American from a Muslim family, who is portrayed positively by the narrative.

%%* SpiritualSuccessor: Some people see the show as the one to fill the void left by ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' ending. Both series feature a virginal young woman/girl of color as the protagonist plus depictions of their respective cultures (and how topics like sex can be stigmatized in said cultures); [[spoiler:a LoveTriangle]]; heightened emotions in a soap opera-like environment[[note]]For instance, the DeusExMachina in the ''Never Have I Ever'' S01 finale is tennis star John [=McEnroe=] suddenly appearing to save the day. This can be chalked up to a cultural commonality; both Latin America and India are well-known for their melodramatic or heightened-reality TV shows.[[/note]]; a male narrator who turns out to be more relevant to the story than initially presented; [[spoiler:themes of grief]]; and bright, colorful aesthetics. The main difference is, of course, that one is an adult show and the other is a ComingOfAgeStory.

** Devi has been "canceled" by certain fans for her "problematic" behavior, despite the fact that she's a fifteen-year-old in high school. This isn't even to mention how her entire character arc is about her self-destructive, unpleasant behavior as a result of severe trauma, and slowly recovering and improving as a person when realizing how [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome her selfish behavior has real consequences on people around her]].
** Ben is also seen as TheBully by some fans who don't ship him with Devi, even though he and Devi ''both'' consistently swap cutting barbs with each other (such as her unintentionally cruel remark about how she wished "Nazis would kill him" before realizing Ben is Jewish and how anti-Semitic she was actually being).
** Paxton is ''also'' seen as a horrible person by some. To reiterate, they are ''all'' teenagers in high school. The character arcs of each three have a great deal to do with HiddenDepths and CharacterDevelopment.

** Rebecca's disappointment when [[spoiler: Paxton refuses to pursue a date or relationship with Devi because of his BigManOnCampus standing and Devi being a HollywoodNerd and calling him "a douche"]] could also be attributed to her experiences being pitied or bullied for her Down Syndrome and that he isn't acting any better than her past tormentors.

** The school refers to Devi and her friends as "U.N." (Unfuckable Nerds) when the girls are reasonably attractive young women. PlayedWith as Devi lampshades it and tells Ben (who calls them that) to "stop pretending to have standards" when he claims he doesn't notice her friends because they are "below a 6" on the attractiveness scale. Also justified as the cast lives in Sherman Oaks, a Valley suburb of Los Angeles, and Ben's father is a big-time agent in Hollywood where there exists a very skewed and narrow standard of beauty.

** The school refers to Devi and her friends as "U.N." (Unfuckable Nerds) when the girls are reasonably attractive young women. PlayedWith as Devi lampshades it as Ben (who calls them that) tells him "to stop pretending to have standards" when he claims he doesn't notice her friends because they are "below a 6" on the attractiveness scale. Also justified as the cast lives in Sherman Oaks, a Valley suburb of Los Angeles, and Ben's father is a big-time agent in Hollywood where there exists a very skewed and narrow standard of beauty.