Book Review: Where Rainbows End / Rosie Dunne / Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern

I was kinda stuck with my two currently-reading books which I started not so long ago – well, last October – and since I’m not progressing and I feel so bored and all, I’ve decided to switch to new read to get my hype back. So then, it just so happened that my friend just finished Where Rainbows End and it’s going to be a movie, and then she recommended it. She said it’s great.

Where Rainbows End or more popularly known as Love, Rosie is about Rosie Dunne and Alex Stewart. Rosie and Alex are best friends. The story started when they’re still so young. Rosie and Alex love to do silly stuffs together, they’re always mailing each other, they grew up and studied until high school together, it was all that at first. They’re just being friends and funny and cute and I thought it will just go on like that, until Alex had to go overseas before they graduate high school, because of his father’s work.

While Alex was away from Rosie, they still kept in touch through mails or online messaging. But it’s just so hard for Rosie to be apart from her best friend. One night, during their high school ball, Alex wasn’t able to accompany Rosie because he missed his flight back to Dublin. So Rosie had no choice but to invite another man for a rebound. Rosie got pregnant. She lost her dreams for college, her dream to work or own a hotel, and she became a single mother and shouldered all the hardships alone. But Alex never left her. Alex still cared for her even if they’re far away from each other. (This is not a spoiler, this happened in the earlier story, then came twists and turns starts after this.)

Before starting the book, I expected it to be really light and fast-phased read. I watched the trailer of the movie before reading it, and I was like, “Oh yeah, chick flicks. Guess I’ll just swoon with the love and romance, and it’ll be sweet blah blah.” I think I was right that the book is fast-phased, but I dunno if it’s light. For me, it’s really long – I don’t mean like a long read – it’s actually a very quick read, but long in a way that I felt like I’ve been reading the book for a very long time already. I think that’s because of all the happenings and stuffs. There are lot of things going on and you’ll just be surprised on what will happen next. 

So overall, for me, this book is just so hauntingly beautiful. While reading this, I’ve been teasing my close friend. This friend of mine has a thing for her best friend, so yeah. I thought this best friend story is quite perfect for her. lol. And, you know, I liked how I did not end up getting tired on the story even if I’m reading this simultaneously together with We Were Liars. When I stop, I’ll eventually still look for it and see what’s going to happen next. I totally recommend this book to y’all!

PS: I cried at the ending for some reasons. lol. And I think Lily Collins and Sam Claffin make a great Rosie and Alex. 🙂