WB Book Club discussion

Hii everybody! We hope that all of you had a great month and with the end of it, now it is time for our discussions on the book of the month! Feel free to share your reviews and comments on it if you have read it! Please be kind and respectful to everyone and don't forget to leave a song that you match with this book. We can not wait to see everyone's reviews and song choices :3 (Also for our february pick we will be opening a poll soon please join and help us pick!) Love you all so much :33333

the opinions ive seen about sally rooney's writing have been divided to say the least, but i have to admit im a massive fan of her work (seriously - ive read everything shes ever written). i get the whole annoying pretentious main character thing can be irritating but i think it's realistic and somewhat relatable (which is kind of embarrassing but i like the insufferable bitch archetype rep lol). i think in terms of writing, this is her best book, but overall it doesn't compare to normal people. i liked the fact that we got a proper glimpse into the minds of the female characters through the email conversations but hoped for a little more exposure regarding what the male characters felt about their girlfriends (but again, i think this adds a level of realism to the novel. men are hard to read). i still think it's a fantastic book though. gave it a 5/5

I believe im fated to fall in love with everything Sally Rooney ever writes. Many people saw BWWAY as a departure from her previous books, but I think it was only growth of her as a writer and of her characters. BWWAY is still such an intimate novel, so much so you feel took you can reach out and touch her characters. Her books feel like I’m listening to a real friend tell me about people I know.
I love the imperfection of her characters, making them all relatable in one way or another. It makes her stories feel more real and more honest. This was a strong 5/5 read for me.

The song I would pair with this book is Exist for Love by AURORA because of its melancholy.

Sally Rooney's novels are so near and dear to me. The people in her novel are so raw and true - unapologetically so. I almost always dislike them, but I always end up appreciating that,
The way she tackles the human condition and puts feelings or longings into words is just divine.

“I feel very embarrassed by all that now, but I was lonely and unhappy, and I didn’t understand that these feelings were ordinary, that there was nothing singular about my loneliness, my unhappiness.”

I loved the style of the book. I especially loved the letters between Alice and Eileen with profound ruminations that I could see as coming off as pretentious to some readers but for me nudged me to ponder those big ideas, (IE Bronze Age, climate change and the nature and purpose of aesthetic beauty) myself.