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Beautiful World, Where Are You Chapter Sampler
Beautiful World, Where Are You Chapter Sampler | Sally Rooney
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Download the first chapter of 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 hed 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 youngbut 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?
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Pickpick

Per usual with Rooney, I‘m sure this is a book I wasn‘t in love with while reading and ended with a feeling of “oh, it‘s over?” But will continue to think of for years which for me, makes this a pick.

Recently heard of the literary theory that the important stories are not the big hero quests but the stories that follow the mundane of daily life and I think that‘s why I like books like this. It hits a key nerve in my human nature.

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Megbert
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Panpan

Mildly engaging sojourn of 4 characters who aren‘t quite happy with their lives and spend a lot of the book delving into the great philosophical questions of the world. Felt like too much millennial anxiety for me!

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Acoleman
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Worst book I‘ve read 😬. The lack of conventional punctuation made it difficult to read. I found large stretches of the book indulgent where the author just went on and on about a variety of topics not relevant to the plot or character development.

KristiAhlers I agree I have read her books and they simply don‘t resonate. And the complete lack of punctuation is ridiculous. 3y
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Kaylamburson
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Panpan

So boring…literally nothing happens. I liked Normal People (maybe because I related to it more), so I was optimistic for this read, but the characters weren‘t relatable or interesting. I don‘t think Rooney‘s writing style is for me.

BookLineNSinker Agreed!! 3y
Kaylamburson Glad I‘m not the only one! @BookLineNSinker 3y
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Havinghope10
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Mehso-so

1 / 2022: “Whenever something good happens to me I always find myself thinking: I wonder how long it will be until this turns out badly.

Ughhhh this took me forever to get through and truly, it wasn‘t my favorite. Can‘t put my finger on it, but I find it highly unlikely that friends still only correspond via email and that a woman who is fucked up needs to find an equally broken person to be happy and whole. Maybe that‘s not the point? Who knows!

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Evita
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3 out of 5

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Bookish.SAM
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Not quite what I expected, but I really enjoyed it! I loved the correspondence between the women and all the interesting concepts they sifted through.

#booksandbooze
#Christmasreads

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Ruthiella
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I‘ve read all three novels by Rooney now and they are simply not what I like to read.

This was essentially a modern romance with a side of Western angst tossed in (climate change, right wing politics, the nature of beauty, etc.). I really didn‘t care what happened to any of the characters.

Also, I dislike the extraneous details (I remember disliking this about Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami. #ToB #ToB2022

LeahBergen I felt a bit like that about Normal People so I haven‘t read the others. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3y
Ruthiella @LeahBergen The TOB keeps making me read her books! 😂 3y
Megabooks To me, her debut was her best, and while I liked the others, there seems to be some magic lost over time. This was good for me, but I can see what you‘re saying. It‘s SUPER angsty. (edited) 3y
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Ruthiella @Megabooks I liked her debut best also. 3y
Cinfhen Yeah, she‘s not for me either. But I can see her appeal. 3y
squirrelbrain I agree @Megabooks @Ruthiella - her debut was the best but for some reason, I keep reading! 3y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks @Ruthiella @LeahBergen @squirrelbrain We‘re so in sync. My first was Normal People, which way okay. Then I loved Conversations and felt let down again by this one. 3y
TrishB @BarbaraBB I stopped at Conversations! Didn‘t enjoy that one and knew she wasn‘t for me. 3y
kwmg40 I felt the same way about Normal People. I'm not especially eager to read this one, but I probably will do so, just because it's part of #ToB22. 3y
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