Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel

Beautiful World, Where Are You is a new novel by Sally Rooney, the bestselling author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends. Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon...show more

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370 pages

Average rating: 5.73

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hxllybxnnxtt
Mar 24, 2024
2/10 stars
Never have I struggled so much with reading a book than I did with Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You. Not only was the writing hard to follow, the characters were quite unlikable with little to no motivations within the plot.

As my first Rooney book, I was unaware of her particular writing style, in which punctation is mostly ignored and paragraphs are non-existent. While it was difficult to adjust to at first, I soon thought that if I paid ...read more
Anonymous
Jan 09, 2024
8/10 stars
I often find my feelings about Sally Rooney to be hard to put in to words. I don't exactly 'enjoy' her literature, but I seriously cannot put it down either. Something about her captivates me, and I feel drawn to her characters, but i couldn't really explain the plot of any of her novels well. Nevertheless, I will continue to purchase her novels. I stole this review from a much more well spoken goodreads member - the following is not my own.

"I f...read more
Anonymous
Dec 28, 2023
10/10 stars
F*CK, Salley Rooney is a great writer. Her language is straightforward, but does a lot more showing than telling, which is exactly what I love about it. Her characters are so real it's as if you're sitting in the room with them; it almost feels voyeuristic to study them so intimately (also love). And then of course there's the content itself: two female best friends living and writing during the final years of their "adolescence" (late 20's, but ...read more
StaceyE
Sep 04, 2023
6/10 stars
I appreciate Sally Rooney as an author and artist of developing realistic character and generational angst. This book, however, was depressing. The character of Felix really disgusted me, probably because he was so relatable - in the way he shamed Alice's personality and strength and she adapted because of her insecurities and loneliness. Was anyone else outraged by the way he continually picked at her and shamed her for being herself? He was cle...read more
AlexGJ
Aug 16, 2023
4/10 stars
Was tempted to dnf this book about a quarter of the way through, but kept going because I liked Normal People so much I was willing to give it a chance + wanted to meet a monthly reading goal. Circling a lot of similar themes as her other works but this one is missing some of the magic. oddly boring and hard to become invested in any characters. I don't understand them at all. Can I say that I'm very tired of this trope of women who call themselv...read more

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