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A review by tiffanytt
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
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i enjoyed most of it but when the four of them got together i found it increasingly difficult to read. i also did not like any of them that much and i found alice and eileen to be very similar characters; it took me most of the book to finally differentiate them. i also found felix and simon to be similar in their lack of emotional availability. actually both relationships seemed similar to me and that also makes it confusing. and yeah i just didn't like the characters very much. in normal people, the characters were unlikable of course but they had redeeming moments while in this book, the redeeming moments for felix and simon seemed to be right at the very end and i'm not sure if alice and eileen really did at all. also felix and simon's moments were the same thing where they were finally able to express their emotions for alice and eileen and it just wasn't it for me.
i enjoyed most of it but when the four of them got together i found it increasingly difficult to read. i also did not like any of them that much and i found alice and eileen to be very similar characters; it took me most of the book to finally differentiate them. i also found felix and simon to be similar in their lack of emotional availability. actually both relationships seemed similar to me and that also makes it confusing. and yeah i just didn't like the characters very much. in normal people, the characters were unlikable of course but they had redeeming moments while in this book, the redeeming moments for felix and simon seemed to be right at the very end and i'm not sure if alice and eileen really did at all. also felix and simon's moments were the same thing where they were finally able to express their emotions for alice and eileen and it just wasn't it for me.