Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

17 reviews

clairew97's review

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Grief, Cursing, Drug use, Blood, and Pregnancy

kashby's review

reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Alcohol, Drug use, Mental illness, and Sexual content

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Cursing, Sexism, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and Classism

jadziaaudrey's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

japanasi's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

2.0

it wasn’t all bad but it wasn’t for me, which was a bummer because I loved normal people a lot. I really like the writing style with no quotation marks though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This is not my first Sally Rooney. I'm one of the camp who read and loved Normal People (and was a bit too nervous to pick up Conversations with Friends as a result). I really enjoy her dialogue, the way she ignores the conventions so it occurs concurrently to everything else. There isn't much in the way of punctuation and occasionally it can be a but hard to work out who is talking but there is something about it I really like.

BWWAY didn't grab me in the same way that Normal People did. I found the characters pretty pretentious and immature. While the difficulty to communicate emotions felt very understandable for teenagers in this book the cast are almost thirty and feel like they're stuck in the mindset of self-important 20 year olds. The emails they send eachother are very philosophical and felt a bit too long and essay like to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia and Abortion

literarylion's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

Pros:

• Beautiful reflections and highly quotable lines, as always 
• Interesting POV shifts, almost cinematic 
• Impeccable character development

Cons:

• Pacing was slow even for a Rooney book
• Gratuitous sex scenes
• Not as attention-grabbing as I've found her previous books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

sofiiaclaire's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, and Sexual content

rm96's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail