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A review by ruekeyronay
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I have a couple of things to say:
1 - This book took years off my life. I don't mean that as in I thought it was terrible, just that this book and its characters exhaust you.
2 - Since this is the third book from Sally Rooney that I've read, I think I can confidently say that all of her female characters are basically indistinguishable from each other. Replace Marianne with Frances and Eileen with Alice and you would notice no difference in tone of voice or descriptions or their personalities.
3 - More on the descriptions, if I took a shot everytime the female characters were described as 'slim' I'd pass out. If I took a shot everytime it happened in all of her books, I'd already be dead.
4 - My favorite ship was the fatal accident I kept hoping for x Eileen.
5 - I know Sally Rooney's whole thing is unlikable characters and realistic relationships but I thought Felix was one of her most toxic characters. Top contender is of course, Eileen.
6 - The discussions on climate change, dealing with our impact on the environment in the modern world, religion, politics, etc were interesting but did not need to take up that much of the book.
7 - Keeping that in mind, the book itself did not need to be that long either.
8 - I don't know how I feel about authors dumping their opinions and their own pet peeves in a book that isn't nonfiction, especially at the end when subtlety just flew out the window.
1 - This book took years off my life. I don't mean that as in I thought it was terrible, just that this book and its characters exhaust you.
2 - Since this is the third book from Sally Rooney that I've read, I think I can confidently say that all of her female characters are basically indistinguishable from each other. Replace Marianne with Frances and Eileen with Alice and you would notice no difference in tone of voice or descriptions or their personalities.
3 - More on the descriptions, if I took a shot everytime the female characters were described as 'slim' I'd pass out. If I took a shot everytime it happened in all of her books, I'd already be dead.
4 - My favorite ship was the fatal accident I kept hoping for x Eileen.
5 - I know Sally Rooney's whole thing is unlikable characters and realistic relationships but I thought Felix was one of her most toxic characters. Top contender is of course, Eileen.
6 - The discussions on climate change, dealing with our impact on the environment in the modern world, religion, politics, etc were interesting but did not need to take up that much of the book.
7 - Keeping that in mind, the book itself did not need to be that long either.
8 - I don't know how I feel about authors dumping their opinions and their own pet peeves in a book that isn't nonfiction, especially at the end when subtlety just flew out the window.