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A review by carleythorne
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
:) thank you penguin random house canada for this ARC it literally made my dreams come true
ive really had to sit with beautiful world, where are you because sally rooney has such a chokehold on me i wanted to make sure i was being objective with my review and thoughts.
let me just say, i enjoyed this book to the highest degree. i think about the questions about purpose and love and friendship and sex daily now. the ethos of this book felt so incredibly relevant on a personal level: the tension between knowing the human race is basically ruining the world and the fact although we know this, we still care so much about romance and friendship and sex. its like sally rooney knew that when the world was ending and i was in quarantine, all i could think about was my friends and my partner and my family. at the heart of all of the intellectualizing and philosophizing i do to make sense of the world, the only thing that matters to me is other people.
i do think this book is a bold departure from her last two novels, i felt myself less connected to the individual characters like i did in normal people or conversations with friends. instead, i felt enamoured by their relationships with each other and their experiences. it feels more mature, both in style and subject matter.
definitely would recommend and also wanna do a book club when this is released to the general public :)
ive really had to sit with beautiful world, where are you because sally rooney has such a chokehold on me i wanted to make sure i was being objective with my review and thoughts.
let me just say, i enjoyed this book to the highest degree. i think about the questions about purpose and love and friendship and sex daily now. the ethos of this book felt so incredibly relevant on a personal level: the tension between knowing the human race is basically ruining the world and the fact although we know this, we still care so much about romance and friendship and sex. its like sally rooney knew that when the world was ending and i was in quarantine, all i could think about was my friends and my partner and my family. at the heart of all of the intellectualizing and philosophizing i do to make sense of the world, the only thing that matters to me is other people.
i do think this book is a bold departure from her last two novels, i felt myself less connected to the individual characters like i did in normal people or conversations with friends. instead, i felt enamoured by their relationships with each other and their experiences. it feels more mature, both in style and subject matter.
definitely would recommend and also wanna do a book club when this is released to the general public :)