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laisarjona's review against another edition
5.0
Eu amei a experiência de reler esse trecho do romance enquanto conto. A escrita é polida, intencional e me deixou, mais uma vez com vontade de abrir a cabeça da Sally Rooney e ver o que tem lá.
solitaireintherenaissance's review against another edition
2.0
⭐️⭐️.5 stars
‘On the street outside they were smiling again, and their smiles were mysterious. It was a cool, bright Sunday morning, the white façades of buildings reflected the sunlight, traffic was passing, people were out walking dogs, calling to one another across the street. Simon kissed Eileen’s cheek, and they wished each other goodbye. ♦’
i liked this less than her other short story (the only other thing i’ve read by Rooney) ‘Mr. Salary.’
this still kept with her simplistic (yet) descriptive writing style (at its core).
but, it was written with too much passive voice and manages to tell you everything without ever going into the depth of showing you; it’s not walking the walk it’s just talking the talk. + i think she was trying a little to hard to be clever by not fully introducing the narrator until part way through but it just didn’t work for me, it felt like i was reading it in the wrong order. it’s pretty hard to execute this kind of thing, and this was an example of it not (quite) working. it also managed to be randomly very political.
at least this’ll be forgettable.
in summary, this felt like a poor ‘Mr. Salary’ parody & managed to feel quite overwritten, aimless, & pointless.
still, this is tempting me (somewhat) to pick up my unread copy of Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’
‘On the street outside they were smiling again, and their smiles were mysterious. It was a cool, bright Sunday morning, the white façades of buildings reflected the sunlight, traffic was passing, people were out walking dogs, calling to one another across the street. Simon kissed Eileen’s cheek, and they wished each other goodbye. ♦’
i liked this less than her other short story (the only other thing i’ve read by Rooney) ‘Mr. Salary.’
this still kept with her simplistic (yet) descriptive writing style (at its core).
but, it was written with too much passive voice and manages to tell you everything without ever going into the depth of showing you; it’s not walking the walk it’s just talking the talk. + i think she was trying a little to hard to be clever by not fully introducing the narrator until part way through but it just didn’t work for me, it felt like i was reading it in the wrong order. it’s pretty hard to execute this kind of thing, and this was an example of it not (quite) working. it also managed to be randomly very political.
at least this’ll be forgettable.
in summary, this felt like a poor ‘Mr. Salary’ parody & managed to feel quite overwritten, aimless, & pointless.
still, this is tempting me (somewhat) to pick up my unread copy of Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’
vxmlie's review against another edition
relaxing
fast-paced
- Strong character development? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
pawswithprose's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bunsolved's review against another edition
5.0
'Beautiful World Where Are You' short story.
Sally Rooney the novelist that you are>>>>
Sally Rooney the novelist that you are>>>>
benchie_the_drummer's review against another edition
2.5
Ok why tf does she not use something to distinguish dialogues from the rest of the text????!!!!!! Why? Like seriously what’s the reason? Flow? Can’t be cuz of all the “she said”, “he said”. And have u heard of synonyms to the word say? Anyway, it wasn’t awful but absolutely nothing special. Boring boring start. Thought I would dislike it cuz of it but it was fine ig
wolkenbonbons's review against another edition
4.0
She could write a recipe for a dish I despise and I would probably love every word.
checkyeslinda's review against another edition
5.0
Sally Rooney doing what she does best. Would love to read more on this.
update: thank you Sally I loved the book!!
update: thank you Sally I loved the book!!
samahcanread__'s review against another edition
3.0
a great introduction to the key characters in Beautiful World, Where Are You. I can't wait to read this book now