![]() Before Simon and Eileen actually sleep together, let alone spend substantial time alone together, they try out phone sex. Regardless of the physical presence each of these men have in their lives, both maneuver through the bulkiness and at times awkwardness of technology’s position in their relationships. And if the emails are letters, the in-between bits of plot often feel like reading someone’s notes, fluid and reflective, taking full shape and thought in their emails.īoth women fall in love over the course of the novel, in differing but still distinguishably modern ways: Alice with an initially bad Tinder date, Felix, and Eileen with a childhood friend, Simon, that had been a fling about ten years back. Still, the messages feel more like thoughtful letters. ![]() ![]() Though best friends, the majority of their correspondence happens through emails since they live in different cities. Rooney’s two main characters, Alice and Eileen, are both 29 Eileen works as an editorial assistant and Alice as a novelist, adopting Rooney’s career in her fictional world. ![]() In her third novel, “Beautiful World, Where Are You,” Sally Rooney takes a step back from the speed and momentum of her first two novels, “Conversations With Friends” and “Normal People.” Though she seamlessly moves between characters and cities, much of the story maintains a certain degree of stagnant restlessness, which I believe to be part of why this latest novel is my least favorite yet. ![]()
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