I Almost DNF’d Sally Rooney’s New Novel

Everyone is talking about “Beautiful World, Where Are You,” including me.

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I have to admit, Sally Rooney’s new (and highly acclaimed) novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You, was almost a DNF (did not finish) for me. From the way the book was written (no quotation marks, hardly any sensory details, paragraphs breaking all the conventional rules) to…