Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It was beautiful.

Reading Beautiful World, Where Are You is very much like an experience of reading something fantastical and unreal, a strange amalgamation of reality and magic. It will grab you, and then leave you to amble away and amble back. You will read a little, think a little, be inspired to write a letter and then come back to see what happens next.

The rise and fall is subtle and soft, the words are harsh but careful, and the pacing works despite being unique. I loved it. I really did.

Is something wrong with it? I don’t know. The book feels better than it reads. The feel of it, the atmosphere it creates, that’s more powerful than the actual story. Even though the atmosphere is a result of the story. Maybe I need to read this one again, maybe I need to live a little more before I do.

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