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A review by heresthepencil
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
informative
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
2.0
rep: bi mcs
tw: mentions of self harm, depression
i was gonna give this 3 stars out of pity but the last two emails made me gag. i've never been more disappointed - i should have eat this book up! it has everything i love: messy characters, almost non-existent plot, cool formatting idea. and yet, the execution is just unbearable.
this whole book just feels like a very bad plot summary, in the sense that the prose is completely devoid of any emotions, beauty or character, and simultaneously it's needlessly focused on the most innate and unnecessary of details. movie scripts tend to be more moving than whatever this is. my theory is that with those ridiculous descriptions she wanted to highlight how mundane their lives are, but please, my life is uneventful too and i was still bored out of my mind while reading.
the omnipresent narrator absolutely doesn't help; i am aware, though, that this is strictly a personal preference.
tw: mentions of self harm, depression
i was gonna give this 3 stars out of pity but the last two emails made me gag. i've never been more disappointed - i should have eat this book up! it has everything i love: messy characters, almost non-existent plot, cool formatting idea. and yet, the execution is just unbearable.
this whole book just feels like a very bad plot summary, in the sense that the prose is completely devoid of any emotions, beauty or character, and simultaneously it's needlessly focused on the most innate and unnecessary of details. movie scripts tend to be more moving than whatever this is. my theory is that with those ridiculous descriptions she wanted to highlight how mundane their lives are, but please, my life is uneventful too and i was still bored out of my mind while reading.
the omnipresent narrator absolutely doesn't help; i am aware, though, that this is strictly a personal preference.