O Beautiful

“O Beautiful” by Jung Yun was a required book for my English major so I tried going into it without bias since I would not have typically gravitated toward it.

The writing was extremely well done and I enjoyed the plot and pacing of the story overall.

The main issue I have is the ending. The entire point of Elinor going to North Dakota was brushed over at the end and stopped so abruptly. I wish it elaborated a bit further on the piece she was writing and how it was completed. The ambiguous ending took away from my enjoyment and left me wanting more. Plus I did not enjoy how Elinor focuses so heavily on peoples physical appearances and overall body types when introducing characters. I don't think pointing out someones weight is influential to the plot at all.

I probably wouldn't recommend this book because it fell short for me. If there was a bit more of an elaborated ending it could have been higher rated.

I would be interested in checking out other work by this author though because I really enjoyed the writing and use of descriptive detail (aside from focusing on describing characters based on their body types).