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Hová ​lettél, szép világ by Sally Rooney

362 reviews

addisonpatrice's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I've only read one other Rooney novel (Normal People), but it seems so far that she likes to reuse characters. The women are insecure and distant and deep, the men are good "deep down" and hopelessly in love with the woman. The relationships are harder than they need to be because no one fucking communicates. Overall this book was okay. Not quite at the same level as Normal People, but maybe that's just because I read that one first. I did love the exploration of Alice's health issues and the ways she thought about them. It was refreshing.
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rbrown's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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theothergrl's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Sally Rooney's characters are nothing if not realistic. I felt I was reading about the people in my own life, about the actual stories of ordinary folk. These aren't love stories that swell the heart with big gestures and serendipitous circumstances that have one believing in the miracles of romance. But they are real. The end game is flawed, the relationships are messy, not in the dramatic sense, but ordinarily so. Sally Rooney writes, with good understanding, about the socio-economic factors that play into our interpersonal lives. How class differences can forge oceans between us, how power dynamics in age gaps can be so easy to fall into and so hard to crawl out of. I found it smart, the way she wrote in third person, as an observer, because it really instated the reality of such things. That most of the time they aren't overcome. That, at the end of the day, these are just the normal people we see at the supermarket or catching a train. I appreciated that the most when I finished the book. I felt like I was being told that it's going to be okay, that even though I can't overcome everything, there is still beauty to be found amongst it all.  
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lexa's review against another edition

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4.25

This book took a bit of time for me to get into… and then I was hooked. Drawn in my the drama and screwed up characters. 
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sar_desch's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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gracedunne's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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ara_beg's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced
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4.5

I really love Sally Rooney’s unique writing style. This is the second book of hers that I have read. It was well written and the characters were interesting and quite realistic. I really enjoyed - as always with Rooney - the philosophical aspects she inserts when writing about the characters’ thoughts. Towards the end I got a bit triggered though by some depressive thoughts that one of them had. There were a few parts of the book (in SOME of the email exchanges) that I found hard to follow and therefore got a bit boring, which is why this book gets just below five stars from me. But overall I really enjoyed reading it!
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pmejia's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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katjayorke's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a breezy, stimulating read that covered macro and micro topics. The love stories were realistic and jarring, similarly to the characters themselves. It was relatable and relieving all in one. 
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nevaleavitt's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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