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

2.0

I could not connect with any of these characters. Other reviews note cringe-worthy moments and interactions and I agree they are peppered throughout the book but generally I not only found them cringeworthy but outright mean and disrespectful. I struggled with three main characters who had a “brutal honesty is the only honesty” perspective while attempting with a balance of a closed-off religious character. The sentence and structure was all lovely and easy enough to read but I don’t think any of the characters were developed enough to explain their general cruelty to one another.