A review by ellelockley
Beautiful World, Where Are You, by Sally Rooney

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are young but life is catching up with them. Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world? I think this book is very reflective and inspiring, and whilst it did take me a while to read because i think some of the chapters are a bit too long, and the book was probably about 50 pages too long, i still thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a story about people being people, nothing was glorified, or romanticised. The emails between Alice and Eileen were very interesting to read and genuinely made me think about life. All the characters were loveable in different ways and their flaws were  well written. They just seemed like people. I'd recommend this book to everyone.
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