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Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

51 reviews

gracedunne's review

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use, Abortion, and Pregnancy

sunbathingturtle's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.75

This is the second Sally Rooney book I’ve read and both novels have captured the dense knot of human miscommunication so accurately that it’s painful to read. But also a relief. 

I found the characters and relationships compelling. Through them, the story got at truths that simple statements can’t capture as brightly.

I see here that many people disliked the email exchanges, but I enjoyed them. It was interesting to hear the characters’ big ideas and then to see the minutiae of their days and personal entanglements. 

And best of all, I really enjoyed the way this story closed. 

Also I highly recommend the audiobook, the narrator was SUPERB and captured each character so perfectly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

ginaajoee's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism

laurabunnett's review against another edition

sad medium-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

1.5

I found this book pretty boring an uninteresting. Every character had their own set of "issues", but these were largely unexplored. Why did Alice's mother and brother dislike her? What was the cause of her nervous breakdown?

Also, way too much sex scenes, especially as I was listening to the audio reading of this. Listening to an Irish woman describe mediocre sex between two mediocre characters was unnerving and far too often for my liking. I felt these scenes never really contributed to the plot either.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pandemic/Epidemic

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

3.75

I appreciate sally rooney’s commitment to reality in the telling of this story. and I have to acknowledge that she writes characters that I relate to so deeply it’s uncomfortable. but the reality of it, while rendering it very thought-provoking at points, makes it boring at points. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug use, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Abortion

alyssaherrington's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

Sally Rooney’s ability to put emotion in word will always be a reason why i love her work. She so beautifully captured what it feels like to experience the contrast of every day life - feeling the magnitude of the world and how small it may make you feel, or the crux of thinking your own problems may be trivial in comparison to the greater multitude & how insincere it sometimes feels to care about who you’re hooking up with or who you love and your common relationships  that make up your life. i thought this was a beautiful read that captured the nuances of various relationships you may have in your life and how they make you who you are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Abortion, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

clairew97's review against another edition

• 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

fairytalefootnotes's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Abortion, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

ellelockley's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are young but life is catching up with them. Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world? I think this book is very reflective and inspiring, and whilst it did take me a while to read because i think some of the chapters are a bit too long, and the book was probably about 50 pages too long, i still thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a story about people being people, nothing was glorified, or romanticised. The emails between Alice and Eileen were very interesting to read and genuinely made me think about life. All the characters were loveable in different ways and their flaws were  well written. They just seemed like people. I'd recommend this book to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion

tinkithesquirelll's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Suicide, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship