Where Rainbows End Book Review
It's a little ironic that my very first book review on my primarily YA fiction blog is on an adult book, but after reading Where Rainbows End (also known as Love, Rosie), I really couldn't think about anything other than the novel, so here I am. Writing about it.
It's a little ironic that my very first book review on my primarily YA fiction blog is on an adult book, but after reading Where Rainbows End (also known as Love, Rosie), I really couldn't think about anything other than the novel, so here I am. Writing about it.
RATING: 9.5/10
The novel is by the Irish author Cecilia Ahern, who wrote WRE when she was only twenty-two. I've heard about Ahern's other novels many times before, but this was the first one I actually read.
The way I came across Where Rainbows End is actually quite untraditional. I saw the movie adaptation (Love, Rosie- 2014) first, and I loved the movie so much that I wanted to give the book a read.
And I'm so glad I did. The thing that's so special about this book is that it manages to make such an overused idea (childhood best friends turned childhood sweethearts) into something so heart-wrenching and beautiful. When you hear the loose plot of the novel, it sounds like your usual cliche romance with a teen pregnancy thrown in. I actually didn't even want to watch the movie at first, but my sister made me. But I promise you, I swear it, Where Rainbows End is a phenomenal, spectacular read. It is one of my—and I don't use this word lightly—favorite books. Ever.
To sum it up into a few short sentences, Where Rainbows End is a novel that follows the life of Rosie Dunn and her friendship-turned-halfway-sort-of-romance with her childhood best friend, Alex Stewart. It's clear from the get-go that the two have feelings for each other, but afraid of compromising their friendship, they both keep quiet. You feel frustrated and in-love along with the characters, and that, to me, is a mark of a good book.
The entire novel is told through emails, letters, IMs, and text messages. Normally, I'm not a fan of this format, but the way Ahern works with this is so intelligent and to-the-point that I don't think it could've been done any other way. Their love story is full of just-misses and accidental babies (surprise!) and loathsome significant others and many, many, road bumps and roadblocks, but it's a love story definitely worth reading.
Have a wonderful day. :)
Much love,
Dawn
P.S. If you'd like to purchase the novel, simply click the link above.
