Beautiful World, Where Are You
Hardback Published on: 07/09/2021
Price: £16.99
Bookseller Reviews
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This has changed my mind about Sally Rooney
I was not a fan of Normal People (don’t hate me), but I was intrigued enough by the marketing of this book (helped along by the fact that some of this book... READ MORE
Another good one!
Sally Rooney has that ability to make you care about the characters in her books, and this one is no exception. The relationships of her characters is also... READ MORE
Synopsis
Shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2022 Fiction Book of the Year
Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution 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, a man she has known since childhood.
Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young—but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have sex, they worry about sex, they worry about their friendships and the world they live in. Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- ISBN: 9780571365425
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 216 x 135 x 25 mm
- Weight: 460g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allNot enjoyable
I had enjoyed normal people so I was excited to read this and I had preordered it. I have to say I’m disappointed in it, I found the two main characters ve... READ MORE
A fascinating book – one which cleverly confronts much of the criticism aimed at her first two novels.
I bought this book the night before its official publication at the book reading and signing that the author gave at Waterstones. Piccadilly and then also ... READ MORE
Boring boring
I was hoping this book will repeat success of "Common people" novel.. Unfortunately that's not the case!
Only managed to read about 1/3 of the book and go... READ MORE
I tried
It had good reviews so I thought it would give it a go. I quickly found out that 15 reviews is not nearly enough to go on since it was horrible. Good grief... READ MORE
Beautiful World , Where are you? by Sally Rooney
I have to say I found this so far an awful book and I haven't quite finished it but I will do my best with the hope it will improve.
Pretentious, is the o... READ MORE
hard going
I am part-way through this book and quite disappointed. Had looked to see what the story was about, and now I find it not to my taste, too much talk of po... READ MORE
Boring
Couldn’t read the full thing, it was like pulling teeth.
The majority of what I managed to read were filler emails where the writer includes what I can... READ MORE
Disappointing in the extreme
There is no doubt Sally Rooney is a skilled writer and I very much enjoyed 'Normal People' but this one seems to have been hashed together to meet contract... READ MORE
Awful
As she demonstrates in her two previous novels Sally Rooney is undoubtedly a great author. This book however is pretentious nonsense. In alternate chapters... READ MORE
Not for me
Personally, I found this book difficult. I liked normal people and how her characters felt real but these characters were really depressing apart from Feli... READ MORE
Am I the only person finding this boring.
I listened to this on Audible in the car, or I doubt I would have made it to the end. I loved Normal People, but what exactly WAS this? A tale of 4 not par... READ MORE
I read it and then immediately read it again
I really loved it. Definitely worth reading if you enjoy Sally Rooney’s style of exploring interpersonal relationships and how we navigate life and the exp... READ MORE
Didn’t even bother finishing
I tried to carry on but gave up a quarter of the way through. After hearing all the hype about normal people I thought I’d give this a read but beyond bori... READ MORE
My favourite modern author done it again
I read normal people in 2019 I instantly love it became one of my favourite book I ever Read. So when Waterstones email pop up that you can preorder this b... READ MORE
High expectations? I wanted more.
As an Irish woman I feel immensely proud of Sally Rooney and I feel nostalgic reading her incredible descriptions of Ireland and Dublin. I loved every page... READ MORE
Not an enjoyable read
I haven't read Normal People or Coversations with Friends but picked this up because I'd heard so many positive things about the author's previous work, ho... READ MORE
Bit boring, quite annoying
I was excited to read this and quite enjoyed it at first but found it increasingly hard going as it went on. The characters are all quite annoying, especia... READ MORE
Not good.
Poor effort. Waste of the paper it was printed on
Real Life
Contrary to most reviewers who have left a disparaging review of this novel , I very much enjoyed reading this book . I assume the writer is trying to port... READ MORE
Gripping book
I have never read a book by the author before i read this extract but wow the description of the characters and the storyline had me gripped and wow what a... READ MORE
Okay, not as good as NP or CWF
I wouldn’t say this is a captivating read nor a page turner. Not Rooney’s best work but nonetheless, it remains well written. I’m a huge fan of Rooney espe... READ MORE
Disappointing and depressing
My first thought when I started reading this was 'this is so abstract and pretentious, why am I reading this?!'
Sally Rooney's writing flows well and is i... READ MORE
Just amazing
I went into this book with an open mind as I had never read Sally Rooney before but I had read many positive reviews and of course I watched the amazing BB... READ MORE
thoroughly enjoyable
rooney's writing style changes so much in this book compared to the previous two novels. the emotions that the characters go through are cleverly portrayed... READ MORE
Loved it!
Love the way it is written, you get drawn into the characters, an addictive read I could not put it down.
Love this book
Low reviews on here are quite shocking. I read this book in one sitting. Was far more invested in Eileen and Simon than in Alice and Felix, but other than ... READ MORE
An excellent concept
I was gifted an extract of this book, the part that I read was well written with beautiful imagery.
What I did read was a solid starting point of, what I... READ MORE
Quite heavy-going
It took me five attempts over several months to get through this. The grammar in the novel is often different to normal, especially where it involves desc... READ MORE
Really easy read
I’d read lots of reviews saying nothing happened in this book. However, this isn’t the case. It’s a really easy, nice read and another one of Sally Rooney’... READ MORE
Really enjoyed it!
I didn't enjoy it quite as much as Normal People, but it was still an amazing book I finished in just a couple of days!
Not straight to the point
There are just too many phrases and descriptions that aren’t even relevant to how the story moves. I fell asleep on the first 14 pages and all I got from ... READ MORE
Disappointed
After absolutely loving Normal People I decided to read this. Found it really hard going and struggled throughout the book. There was a lot of unnecessary ... READ MORE
Beautiful World, Where Are You Book Review
Beautiful World, Where Are You is intensely deep and paints a picture of love and friendship in the context of a world that’s gone mad. Let’s be honest, it... READ MORE
A solid book
Rooney’s work has a unique way of simultaneously annoying and fascinating me. I don’t think this is quite as good as Normal People but what I love about bo... READ MORE
Loved it
Interesting characters, thought provoking and darkly humorous. Once I started reading, I found it hard to put the book down!
LOVED IT!
Insightful, beautiful written, I was drawn in right away. I loved it!!!
Pretty good
I was thrown off with Rooney’s writing style, but i quite enjoyed it. It did take me while to get through and finish but it was quite good. Ending kinda wa... READ MORE
Wouldn’t go back to this book
I can’t say I didn’t enjoy the book at all as I was really curious what’s going to happen next. I loved observing the relationship between Eileen and Simon... READ MORE
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