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Naty S

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I grew up around books and still enjoy reading as an adult, but I don’t read as consistently as I used to, so I have a backlog on my shelf. Hoping Bookwyrm will motivate me to read more.

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Sally Rooney: Beautiful World, Where Are You (Hardcover, 2021, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d …

Mundane, characters are boring

I personally did not enjoy this book; it just did not resonate with me. The characters lack depth and it's just backwards and forwards with no real plot. I bought the book because the story takes place in Dublin, where I studied and have fond memories.