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Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

20 reviews

hristina's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Classism, Mental illness, Self harm, Alcohol, and Death of parent

lark42's review

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Classism

hbraz's review

emotional funny reflective relaxing medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Grief, and Bullying

miriam00's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Classism, Bullying, Cursing, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

claragweny's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A nice, easy to listen to audiobook. I found myself surprised by the significant number of emails in the book but I absolutely loved it. I’m a big fan of epistolary novels so loving this wasn’t a very far stretch for me. The dynamic between Simon and Eileen was a bit strange for me but the way these characters acknowledge the age gap/power dynamic in the story felt genuine. Felix was most definitely my favorite character in the story. His short, funny manner mixed with his indifferent queerness made me want to see more of him. If Sally Rooney wrote a story about Felix I would read it in a heartbeat. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia

ogingero's review

She's a nazi supporting anti-Semite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Hate crime, and War

Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Racism, Mental illness, Hate crime, Genocide, Gaslighting, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, and Bullying

samvansam's review against another edition

reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

elliethelibrarian's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Bullying

majeczka_'s review against another edition

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? Yes

3.25

Unfortunately pretty underwhelming, even a bit disappointing.
The main characters were boring, the very long emails (beauty? Jesus? bronze age???) were unnecessarily pseudo-deep and don't get me started on the many many many sex scenes that did not bring anything to the story!
I'm a big fan of Conversations with friends and liked normal people very much, but this story lacked the rawness and the effortless flow that I loved so much about Rooney's other novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Cancer, and Bullying

sjanke2's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts