Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

115 reviews

ninahuynh's review against another edition

inspiring reflective 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? No

4.25

I finally read the book. A Sally Rooney book. And I can see why people hype her works up and this book. I found the lack of quotation marks an interesting stylistic choice, but there are some parts where you can easily trip up on what is dialogue and who is speaking.  

Similarly, Rooney uses commas extremely sparingly, especially when they are needed. It's not to say she DOESN'T use commas- because she does- but there needs to be more. I sometimes find myself having to reread some parts or retrace to the beginning of the sentence to make out where the pauses (commas!) are supposed to be.

Love the philosophical commentary! I can relate to those parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal cruelty and Pregnancy

scruffie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

I felt like I could have done without the very elaborate descriptions of the protagonists' surroundings, but other than that I really liked this book. The characters felt complex and I quite enjoyed reading about their concerns, even if said concerns don't perfectly match my own. A highly quotable book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, and Pregnancy

glowworms's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

bhasknees's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy and Abortion

marcela09's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy

ocmeaghan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

molly31's review against another edition

challenging inspiring 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: Self harm, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship

katrinasherise's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, and Pregnancy

Main character has mental illness, past hospitalization. Alcohol use and sexual content throughout. Towards end of book there is more mention of suicidal thoughts. There is a suggestion of adult/minor relationship, but it does not actually occur. Brief description of a cut on a hand. Some light drug use (marijuana).

end of book mentions pregnancy and discussion of abortion, although the character is talking about how she is not considering abortion. Two of the main characters have known each other since childhood. It was suggested that the other of the 2 had an interest in the younger of the two when she was 15 and he was 20. Although no relationship or inappropriate contact occurred.

jen_again's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

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