Love, Rosie-An Engaging New Contemporary that Brings Depth with Simplicity

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ARC was provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

Overview (Non-Spoliery Section): Love, Rosie is a fun contemporary following the rollercoaster friendship of Alex, a ambitious and rambunctious friend who wants to become a top level surgeon, and Rosie, a more sensible girl who dreams of managing her own hotel by the sea. Everyone around them is determined that they are going to become a couple, and should, but between Alex and Rosie, they just can’t seem to get it right. Going from single, married and divorced, Alex and Rosie are always available when the other one is not. Creating a sometimes frustrating and always hysterical read suitable for ages (mature) 14 and over.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The trailer for the movie actually peaked my interest because it looked hysterical and I was really in the mood for a lighthearted read, so I picked this up. I was surprised how simple the premise of the novel was, literally nothing more than observing two people (Alex and Rosie) grow up from 5 to 50 and experiencing with them all that life had to throw at them both. While this sounds very boring and unoriginal, I was intrigued throughout the novel. I cried when loved ones passed, even though is consistently part of our everyday lives, so it wasn’t a surprise. I was concerned when Rosie became pregnant and she began to panic about her future and all of her dreams. I also really thought that the style of the novel was perfect for the plot line, a work made up of emails, postcards, letters, ims ect. Having just read Where’d You Go, Bernadette? I found myself, in the same way that I did with that book, really falling for the style, though this one provided chapters where Where’d You Go, Bernadette? did not. I actually think that the chapters here were good for the amount of time that the reader was exposed to. It helped me keep pace with the lives of the characters, chapters were simply unnecessary in Where’d You Go, Bernadette? because it wasn’t covering the same significant amount of time as Love, Rosie.

Things I liked:

-Realistic cast of characters, from that crazy friend that everyone has to the ex-wife that you would like to forget about. I really felt like I knew all of the characters, even though Alex and Rosie were the main characters, and the ones that the audience got to know the best throughout the work.

-I didn’t lose interest in a longer, seemingly simple contemporary. I believe this was due not only to the fantastic cast of characters and scenarios, but also do to the writing style.

-Stylistic choice of developing the story around ims, emails, postcards ect. in conjunction with the inclusion of chapters.

-The work’s ability to connect to the audience in such a manner as to evoke emotion from them.

Things I disliked:

-Sometimes the fights between Alex and Rosie got a little annoying and I couldn’t really see where their purpose was in propelling the storyline but with consideration these arguments are applicable to the work’s realistic nature.

Overall:

96% out of 100%

5 out of 5 stars

Jaime

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