Love, Rosie

DNF at 30%.

I previously read this novel under its original title Rosie Dunne and recently listened to the audio version. I felt compelled to write a review of this sweet little novel that has stayed with me over the years.
This epistolary novel tells the story of friends through emails, cards, and letters between Rosie and her best friend Alex as well as communications with other friends, relatives, and other people encountered in their lives. It ended up being a love story, with several twists and turns and I really enjoyed returning to this story.

3.5 stars. This book annoyed the shit out of me, I have to say. It wasn't a bad book, but it just wasn't the type of romance book that I like. Rosie was sooo annoying in some chapters that I felt like going through my e-reader, inside the book and punching her in the face, I swear.

Aku merasa dicurangi. Ya, kau mendengarku, aku merasa dicurangi. Akhirnya aku menemukan sebuah buku dimana filmnya jauh lebih baik dibanding bukunya.
Mulai dari anak-anak sampai menjelma remaja pemberontak, Rosie dan Alex selalu bersama. Sayangnya di tengah-tengah serunya masa remaja, mereka harus berpisah. Alex dan keluarganya pindah ke Boston, Amerika. Rosie diterima di sekolah di Boston, menyusul Alex. Namun, pada malam sebelum dia berangkat untuk bersama kembali dengan Alex, Rosie mendapat kabar yang akan mengubah hidupnya selamanya, dan menahannya di tanah kelahirannya, Irlandia.
Yang membuatku merasa dicurangi adalah sekian puluh tahun terbuang persuma dengan segala drama keluarga ala telenovela antara Rosie & Alex padahal sebenarnya mereka memiliki perasaan yang sama. Seandainya salah satu berani melakukan langkah pertama tanpa ada takut atau gengsi, gk akan tertunda bertahun-tahun. Puluhan tahun bodoh yang terbuang sia-sia untuk suatu akhir yang bahagia.

Perhaps a 2.5 stars.

The entire time I was reading this story, I kept on wishing it would end for multiple of reasons. One was because I knew the main characters would finally get together at the end, and I hate waiting for characters to just be together, and another reason was because I hated reading a story told entirely with emails and letters and instant messaging.

It just wasn't for me. 
The whole thing is written in letters though, and I found it was hard to get through, even though it was very well written. My main problem was the length of the book, I felt it went on for way too long, and found myself skipping pages because they irrelevant. I also didn't like the ending, it had gone too far and it just... the whole thing frustrated me to no end and I couldn't stand that. 
Overall the book annoyed me quite a lot, and when I finished it I found that I really hadn't enjoyed reading it. It just wasn't for me.

3.0

This is a little bit drab for me. Nothing really special about it and I don't see what the hype is all about to be honest. I'm still looking forward for the movie though but I think it's something not worth seeing at the cinemas in my opinion.