Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

55 reviews

lghrndn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

sfbookgirl's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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

4.0

It’s the book of the season and it’s become a brand of its own 😆 It took me ages to get through Rooney’s newest release which is most likely due to the fact that I was super busy and had no time to read. Beautiful World, Where Are You revolves around Alice and her friend Eileen who are good friends but live in different cities. We learn about their separate lives through both their individual narratives and between email correspondences with, of course, no quotation marks as it’s a Rooney book after all. 

 

This is definitely one of those books that you will have to read for yourself to decide. Did I like it? Yes? Will I read her next novel? Probably not. Rooney's newest novel is a book that talks about nothing and everything at once. I resonated with the characters' inner, panicked thoughts about the world’s environmental crisis and found it funny that this book is incredibly autobiographical. I’ve always thought Rooney was made to be some sort of mystery with her lack of social media presence and the vague events reflected in her novels. While it’s clear that Alice’s character is Rooney, I found that I learned so much more about her and yet nothing at the same time in her newest book. So there you have it, Rooney is still quite the mysterious woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm

loraora's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pregnancy

zzzleeping's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.25

I really liked Felix and Alice, both as characters and as a couple, theyre very unhealthily healthy in the weirdest and relatable way.

Couldnt shake the uncomfortableness of Simon and Eileen and their age difference (which im glad i couldnt), but the characters themselves werent my favourite either.

I was startled to read about the pandemic, as its still so recent, which sorta made the story more real for me.

Despite its flaws, at the core of the story is friendship which is, i think, why i liked it so much.

"I have been reading a lot about 'stress' in the medical literature. Everyone seems to agree it is about as bad for your health as smoking, and beyond a certain point practically guarantees a major adverse health outcome. And yet the only recommended treatment for stress is not to experience it in the first place."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Confinement

kathleencoughlin's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

2.0

What an insufferable bunch of people. If they could've just figured out how to have an actual conversation they would have been infinitely less miserable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Drug use

tays_books's review against another edition

reflective 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

amelreads's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Drug use

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship

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

tigerkind's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

4.5

I really like Sally Rooney's books and this was no exception. Anyone interested in modern relationships will surely enjoy this. The book touches on many topics that are relevant right now – even the pandemic is mentioned, even though it rather felt like an afterthought. However, it seems Rooney is now well aware of the expectations her readers have going in and consciously caters to them. While the previous books felt rather raw and thought-provoking, this sometimes was almost "prêt-à-penser". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts