The emails delve deeply into large ideas such as capitalism, the aesthetic nature of our society, the point of writing, and the insignificance of our lives when there is so much at stake in the world. What I loved about this book was the way that the narration and the emails contrast each other. The novel takes turns each chapter focusing on either character, and at the end of each chapter there is an email written from one friend to the other. Alice is a famous young novelist who moves to an Irish coastal town after getting out of a psychiatric hospital and starts a relationship with a warehouse worker named Felix. Eileen is a magazine editor in Dublin who lives a quiet life after her break up but rekindles her feelings for a close childhood friend, Simon. What struck me most about this most recent novel, after reading Rooney’s other two books, was the way that she chose to narrate which was so distinctly different from anything else I’ve ever read before.īeautiful World, Where Are You? follows two friends who are separated both by distance and past experiences. Unlike her other novels which have made her so popular recently, the relationships described in Beautiful World are a bit softer and kinder. It demonstrates an appreciation for life and human companionship in a way that’s rarely written. Beautiful World, Where Are You?, Sally Rooney’s third novel, was clearly written by someone during the pandemic.
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