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Dónde estás, mundo bello

Dónde estás, mundo bello

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  • Author：Sally Rooney
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Summary

Dos amigas se acercan a la treintena en ciudades distintas y con trayectorias vitales alejadas。 Alice， novelista， conoce a Felix， que trabaja en un almacén， y le pide que viaje a Roma con ella。 Eileen， su mejor amiga， trata de superar en Dublín una ruptura coqueteando con Simon， amigo de la infancia。

Mientras el verano se acerca， intercambian e-mails sobre su amistad， arte， literatura， el mundo que las rodea， sus complejas historias de amor y el paso a una vida adulta que las espera a la vuelta de la esquina。 Dicen que quieren verse pronto， pero ¿qué pasará cuando lo hagan？

Alice， Felix， Eileen y Simon todavía son jóvenes， pero pronto dejarán de serlo。 Se juntan y se separan， se desean y se mienten。 Tienen sexo， sufren por sus amistades y por el mundo en el que viven。 ¿Están en la última sala iluminada antes de la oscuridad？ ¿Encontrarán una manera de creer en un mundo bello？

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Reviews

Stephanie Kelley ，

did not expect to like this and it may be my favorite novel of hers

Patrick ，

Rooney’s rapid ascension to literary fame is really no puzzle to me: few authors put out such readable and unthreatening books。 This one’s no different; in fact， Beautiful World， Where Are barely expands Rooney’s literary turf， save for a new interest in fame and the insanity of celebrity culture。 I’m not complaining。 I like Rooney’s simple narrative apparatuses: the alternating POVs and， this time， the emails which provide a container for a bit more depth， or interiority rather， than her previo Rooney’s rapid ascension to literary fame is really no puzzle to me: few authors put out such readable and unthreatening books。 This one’s no different; in fact， Beautiful World， Where Are barely expands Rooney’s literary turf， save for a new interest in fame and the insanity of celebrity culture。 I’m not complaining。 I like Rooney’s simple narrative apparatuses: the alternating POVs and， this time， the emails which provide a container for a bit more depth， or interiority rather， than her previous fiction。 The structural simplicity allows her to handle with relative clarity and verve the complexities of love and （mis-） communication。 In this regard， her characters are consistently convincing and relatively loveable; I don’t find them all that psychologically interesting， but then that’s not Rooney’s project。 Her project is Normal People。 Which means that there is a limit to just how much can happen in a Rooney novel， and ultimately the question will arise as to whether or not this is not still just a kind of comfort food。 There’s even a certain cynical reaction that might denounce her cozy， unchallenging fiction as repugnantly status quo。 Don’t give us characters who purport to be progressive and even Marxist， characters who are admirably class-conscious and climate-anxious， and then have them so unflinchingly seek the shelter of things-as-they-are。 Just don’t do that to us。 We’re in late capitalism here， we’re in climate crisis; is there any more direct， emotionally effective way of easing readers into the idea that a radical change to our lifestyles isn’t desirable or possible？ It almost makes me wonder if Rooney is getting paid to… oh wait。 。。。more

g ，

3。5-not quite as to my taste as her previous two， but still rife with her characteristic keen eye for detail and interaction， along with plenty of relevant social commentary as expressed by eileen and alice in their emails。 these emails， structured almost like those old greek philosophy dialogues， are the most compelling parts of the book and briefly evoke the same intimacy for which cwf and normal people received so much praise; somehow the rest of the relationships， though seemingly made of si 3。5-not quite as to my taste as her previous two， but still rife with her characteristic keen eye for detail and interaction， along with plenty of relevant social commentary as expressed by eileen and alice in their emails。 these emails， structured almost like those old greek philosophy dialogues， are the most compelling parts of the book and briefly evoke the same intimacy for which cwf and normal people received so much praise; somehow the rest of the relationships， though seemingly made of similar stuff as rooney’s previous material， doesn’t feel as compelling。 （exception is the last portion where they’re all meeting in person。） nonetheless， rooney is one of the best contemporary novelists we’ve got and she’s doing some experimenting， which hopefully portends even greater things to come， and i’m just some guy。 。。。more

Jaclyn ，

**spoiler free** comments on one of the most anticipated titles of 2021， Sally Rooney’s BEAUTIFUL WORLD， WHERE ARE YOU @librofm #librofmlisteningsquad This will not disappoint Rooney fans—it is character-driven， beautifully crafted， messy-love-existential-millennial focussed， and honestly just a hopeful read at its core。 I actually found myself most connected to the way Rooney used her settings—the way they were so vividly brought to life and the way the brought stillness to close out scenes。 Fo **spoiler free** comments on one of the most anticipated titles of 2021， Sally Rooney’s BEAUTIFUL WORLD， WHERE ARE YOU @librofm #librofmlisteningsquad This will not disappoint Rooney fans—it is character-driven， beautifully crafted， messy-love-existential-millennial focussed， and honestly just a hopeful read at its core。 I actually found myself most connected to the way Rooney used her settings—the way they were so vividly brought to life and the way the brought stillness to close out scenes。 For example， the way the cups and bowls left on kitchen benches， fireplace embers， and atmospheric empty rooms brought this sense of calm after intimate scenes （which， holy heck， Rooney writes steam in this with such nuance！）。 I loved the way setting drew in the tempo and mood。 I also enjoyed the way Rooney plays with structure in this， for me the letters between Alice and Eileen were my favourite parts of the narrative—they were existential and intimate without some of the navel-gazing that I felt in NORMAL PEOPLE。 There was more of a universality， a sense of acknowledging the nuances of “now” that really shone in these conversations。 There was an energy in how they were written that well balanced the more measured dialogue used in the scenes。I think the commentary on writing and publishing was particularly well crafted， as was that on readers and the broader commentary around privileging certain reads and elitism in bookish conversations。 For a book so nuanced in how it handles mental health， I think there’s a flippancy it could have done without in the ableist language used in some of the prose and dialogue。 That said， I think what this left me with most of all （particularly reading amidst the pandemic and very much still in a lockdown here！） was the sense of hope—that the world is still beautiful and that amidst all going on， and all that will continue to go on， there is that hope。 I think the hype around this title， and Rooney discourse generally， is perhaps a seperate conversation， but I am hopeful for the dollars this September release will generate globally for indie bookstores。 Verdict—check it out！ 。。。more

Daria ，

Great for bawling， but still so heterosexual。 （This is the glib version of the book review， but let's be honest I'm not going to write another。 Unless I read the wrong book， cause this isn't supposed to be out yet。。。） Great for bawling， but still so heterosexual。 （This is the glib version of the book review， but let's be honest I'm not going to write another。 Unless I read the wrong book， cause this isn't supposed to be out yet。。。） 。。。more

Victoria Schliep ，

Yes I bought this the day it came out and read it in a day。 I need to reflect on it more， but I loved it。 It’s like the golden parts of Rooney’s previous works with a bit more maturity？ Also I think I love that she captures in her characters all of the best aspects of our generation （conversations about climate， consumerism， rampant capitalism， crippling inability to positively impact the world） with the more *ahem* basic （love， sex， friendship etc）。 But also elevates the basics into the whole p Yes I bought this the day it came out and read it in a day。 I need to reflect on it more， but I loved it。 It’s like the golden parts of Rooney’s previous works with a bit more maturity？ Also I think I love that she captures in her characters all of the best aspects of our generation （conversations about climate， consumerism， rampant capitalism， crippling inability to positively impact the world） with the more *ahem* basic （love， sex， friendship etc）。 But also elevates the basics into the whole purpose of life？ Yes sometimes her characters make me want to scream but they also make me lol because we all know people like them and can see parts of ourselves in them。 Idk guys。 I just truly appreciated this one。 。。。more

Taylar LeA'Nne ，

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

ruby ，

I have a couple of things to say:1 - This book took years off my life。 I don't mean that as in I thought it was terrible， just that this book and its characters exhaust you。2 - Since this is the third book from Sally Rooney that I've read， I think I can confidently say that all of her female characters are basically indistinguishable from each other。 Replace Marianne with Frances and Eileen with Alice and you would notice no difference in tone of voice or descriptions or their personalities。3 - I have a couple of things to say:1 - This book took years off my life。 I don't mean that as in I thought it was terrible， just that this book and its characters exhaust you。2 - Since this is the third book from Sally Rooney that I've read， I think I can confidently say that all of her female characters are basically indistinguishable from each other。 Replace Marianne with Frances and Eileen with Alice and you would notice no difference in tone of voice or descriptions or their personalities。3 - More on the descriptions， if I took a shot everytime the female characters were described as 'slim' I'd pass out。 If I took a shot everytime it happened in all of her books， I'd already be dead。4 - My favorite ship was the fatal accident I kept hoping for x Eileen。5 - I know Sally Rooney's whole thing is unlikable characters and realistic relationships but I thought Felix was one of her most toxic characters。 Top contender is of course， Eileen。6 - The discussions on climate change， dealing with our impact on the environment in the modern world， religion， politics， etc were interesting but did not need to take up that much of the book。7 - Keeping that in mind， the book itself did not need to be that long either。 8 - I don't know how I feel about authors dumping their opinions and their own pet peeves in a book that isn't nonfiction， especially at the end when subtlety just flew out the window。 。。。more

jamala ，

Simon， you are now in the list of my favorite fictional characters！ you can talk to Razumikhin from Crime and Punishment， i think you'll get along lmaop。s。 honestly it's quite difficult to rate this book or perhaps i need to give myself some time and come back a bit later。 briefly i really liked it but i cannot say that i loved it， you understand the difference。 Simon， you are now in the list of my favorite fictional characters！ you can talk to Razumikhin from Crime and Punishment， i think you'll get along lmaop。s。 honestly it's quite difficult to rate this book or perhaps i need to give myself some time and come back a bit later。 briefly i really liked it but i cannot say that i loved it， you understand the difference。 。。。more

Nikki Houghton ，

I think I must re-read this next year; this year I don’t want to A） have to read other people’s discourses on the internet （however many little icons they feel like pushing） B） think about lockdown ever againC） read a novel with so little punctuation or sense I feel as though I’m drowning in pretensionD） buy a book the critics say is awesome， fabulous， a prize winner， an earth mover， a change of direction， her best ever yet …E） get conned again into buying a novel by a self centred entitled know I think I must re-read this next year; this year I don’t want to A） have to read other people’s discourses on the internet （however many little icons they feel like pushing） B） think about lockdown ever againC） read a novel with so little punctuation or sense I feel as though I’m drowning in pretensionD） buy a book the critics say is awesome， fabulous， a prize winner， an earth mover， a change of direction， her best ever yet …E） get conned again into buying a novel by a self centred entitled know it all who actually can’t bloody write， at allF） be pontificated at by a nasty ungrateful woman （？） who says “I can’t deal with fame” like we should feel sorry for her ever having been published and being SO BLOODY rich。So this year I’m shelving this nonsense in the hope that， post pandemic， I can return to it and see what the fuss was about。But I’m not holding my breath。No stars this time， nada， not one。 Alice and Eileen are horrible， they are not enigmatic they are stupid and （in Alice’s case， especially） extremely lucky - the emails are SO boring and the entire book exists only to square the circle for Eileen。 If Alice is Sally then gosh I’m glad I don’t inhabit her world。 I’m damn sure she doesn’t…。。 。。。more

Marina Pavlichenko ，

Эх， когда-нибудь Салли Руни вырастет и перестанет писать одну и ту же историю про себя в разных вариациях， и вот тогда я ее сразу как полюблю。 А пока не могу， извините。Два красивых образа， несколько интересных мыслей о жизни и религии и проставлены галочки во всех актуальных социальных строчках。 Но всё деревянное。

Aimee LaGrandeur ，

“Beautiful World， Where Are You” is like a coming-of-age novel for 30ish year olds and as a twenty-something floating in post-colligate， post-2020 shitshow world this book felt very。。。reassuring？？ I adored the letters between friends sharing their anxieties about their personal lives & the destruction of the human race in general and the on going thread of their discussion about beauty。 I felt a bit luke warm to Felix throughout， but I think that’s my only qualm。 I especially loved the chapter 1 “Beautiful World， Where Are You” is like a coming-of-age novel for 30ish year olds and as a twenty-something floating in post-colligate， post-2020 shitshow world this book felt very。。。reassuring？？ I adored the letters between friends sharing their anxieties about their personal lives & the destruction of the human race in general and the on going thread of their discussion about beauty。 I felt a bit luke warm to Felix throughout， but I think that’s my only qualm。 I especially loved the chapter 16 letter in which Eileen talks about how she used to document little beauties in her days and those little moments of life and beauty that are small but expansive。 。。。more

Jodi Laidlaw ，

Yes。

Malena Rivero ，

voy a necesitar 1 segundito para recomponerme。 nuevo libro favorito。 sally rooney i would be your personal whore if you asked me to anytime。 whatever you want

Susan ，

This book was spectacular。 The writing was beautiful and evocative。 I really loved the POV switching and using the emails to convey information。 The only thing I didn’t like was lack of quotation marks。 That is such a pet peeve of mine。

Hannah Solmor ，

I’m such a Sally stan this was such a bummer of a book。 Felt like half a thinly veiled diary of her guilt for making so much money off her other books and not liking the celebrity life and the other half a marxist manifesto。 Lately I’ve been revisiting previous ratings on books I came to love after they sat for awhile， I wonder if I’ll look at this one less harshly in time。 Unlikely though…I could have done without all of the musing on Catholicism， death， and the plight of the famous author。 I d I’m such a Sally stan this was such a bummer of a book。 Felt like half a thinly veiled diary of her guilt for making so much money off her other books and not liking the celebrity life and the other half a marxist manifesto。 Lately I’ve been revisiting previous ratings on books I came to love after they sat for awhile， I wonder if I’ll look at this one less harshly in time。 Unlikely though…I could have done without all of the musing on Catholicism， death， and the plight of the famous author。 I did enjoy the nuance of Eileen & Alice’s friendships though。 。。。more

Amani ，

I really liked this

Dilan ，

eileen my beloved

Sinead McLoughlin ，

Thanks netgalley for this extract of the book。 It certainly served to whet my appetite for the full book。 Hooked me from the beginning！

Abby Edwards ，

Dear book people， how much did they pay you to write nice things about this book？ It was lazy and mediocre and I’m too tired after reading it and almost falling asleep to give this review any more thought。 Don’t waste your time。

Jay ，

The author is a literal， self described communist --not a "socialist，" a communist。 A person who fully believes the government should take our possessions and that we should live in communes， working the land for others。All of her narratives are based around that fact。 You cannot read and enjoy her books without confronting that fact。 It's like reading a fiction by Mussolini and trying to remove the manipulation inherent between the lines while still enjoying the nice story in front of it， which The author is a literal， self described communist --not a "socialist，" a communist。 A person who fully believes the government should take our possessions and that we should live in communes， working the land for others。All of her narratives are based around that fact。 You cannot read and enjoy her books without confronting that fact。 It's like reading a fiction by Mussolini and trying to remove the manipulation inherent between the lines while still enjoying the nice story in front of it， which is what Rooney does so well to reel in the uninformed reader。If you first of all buy into the hypocrisy of purchasing this book from a person like this， please note the subtle ways she weaves those extremist beliefs into her world。 It's disappointing that we've all chosen to overlook this about the author while an equally abhorrent fascist or extreme right author would never have gotten a book or series deal in the first place。 Don't overlook it and question what you're reading from Sally Rooney。 。。。more

Alicia ，

only 5 days til the white millennial woman queen comes back

Naya Khayat ，

3。5 /4Idk what I think ，this novel felt mature maybe I don’t like “mature “novels as much nonetheless I enjoyed reading it it opposed lots of interesting questions，maybe I would’ve like if it focused on 1 character more deeply instead of two

Claire Tumlin ，

Beautiful World， Where Are You by bestselling author Sally Rooney is the perfect follow up to her smashing success Normal People。 Following a group of friends as they navigate adulthood and the intersections between love， family， and art that each take their turn on the stage， this work is chock full of vivid， singing prose， jaw dropping quotes， and characters that leap off the page。。 Beautiful World Where Are You is a quintessential literary fiction novel and undeniably the best book of 2021。

Barbara ，

Can I be honest: I started reading this with a healthy dose of skepticism， wondering if it was going to be more of the same。 I was wrong。 I mean， the themes and characters are pretty similar， but this is a big leap forward。 Something about it really worked， and I found it beautiful and moving。 A balm during a very hard week。

Eric Anderson ，

When multiple friends I know in real life start talking to me about a certain author I realise that this is someone who has broken through to the mainstream。 My friends are very intelligent and literate， but they don't generally follow the latest publications with as much geeky rigour as I do along with other readers wrapped up in the online bookish community。 Yet， over the past few years multiple people IRL have asked me for recommendations of a book that is exactly like “Normal People”。 Few au When multiple friends I know in real life start talking to me about a certain author I realise that this is someone who has broken through to the mainstream。 My friends are very intelligent and literate， but they don't generally follow the latest publications with as much geeky rigour as I do along with other readers wrapped up in the online bookish community。 Yet， over the past few years multiple people IRL have asked me for recommendations of a book that is exactly like “Normal People”。 Few authors have experienced such a meteoric rise to fame as Sally Rooney。 Since the publication of her first two novels and the TV adaptation of her second novel， her books have been alternately hailed as representing the voice of a generation and pigeonholed as overhyped naval-gazing millennial fiction。 Personally， I feel a bit bemused by any such strident claims as her books strike me as simply well-written， engaging， funny and smart fiction which is well-aligned with our present times。 But Rooney's popularity feels more like a chance occurrence which could have happened to any of her contemporaries such as Belinda McKeon， Jade Sharma or Naoise Dolan。 Nevertheless， the simmering anticipation for Rooney's new novel “Beautiful World Where Are You” has made it one of the publishing events of the year。 I can assure you it's an extremely enjoyable novel and Rooney enthusiasts won't be disappointed。 When commenting on this new novel most Sally Rooney fans and critics will probably remark on how one of its central characters， Alice， superficially resembles the author。 She's published two extremely successful novels and feels ambivalent about the newfound fame she's achieved as an author。 And Alice isn't shy about her opinions concerning readers' prying interest in the author's personal life， the vanity of fellow writers and the precarious position books have as a commodity in our current culture。 She's also prone to complaining about her privileged position: “They never tire of giving me awards， do they？ It's a shame I've tired so quickly of receiving them， or my life would be endless fun。” But she also vividly describes the deleterious effect such fame has upon her: “I feel like I've been locked in a smoke-filled room with thousands of people shouting at me incomprehensibly day and night for the last several years。” We're made aware of how Alice previously suffered a breakdown from stress。 Alice's celebrity doesn't change the initial awkwardness of going on a date with someone she meets on a dating app。 In fact， it makes it worse when her date， Felix， discovers that she's well known and this squeamish situation is realistically described。 Though it's easy to draw parallels between this character and the author and assume Rooney is using this opportunity to vent her own frustrations， it's important to emphasize how the novel contains a carefully calibrated balance of points of view。Read my full review of Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney on LonesomeReader 。。。more

Emily ，

Beautiful World， Where Are You revolves around four characters—mainly， best friends Alice and Eileen but also the men in their lives， Felix （tinder match） and Simon （childhood friend）。 Alice is a successful novelist who recently moved to a small town， while Eileen works at a literary magazine in Dublin。 I would say this is even less plot-driven than Sally Rooney’s other two novels， and like Conversations with Friends， much of the book is composed of email correspondence， allowing Rooney to deftl Beautiful World， Where Are You revolves around four characters—mainly， best friends Alice and Eileen but also the men in their lives， Felix （tinder match） and Simon （childhood friend）。 Alice is a successful novelist who recently moved to a small town， while Eileen works at a literary magazine in Dublin。 I would say this is even less plot-driven than Sally Rooney’s other two novels， and like Conversations with Friends， much of the book is composed of email correspondence， allowing Rooney to deftly deliver her characters’ erudite musings on love， sex， friendship， God， religion， beauty， joy， book publishing， the collapse of society， and how to continue living your life when the world is ending。 This was a brilliant， beautiful read and very fitting for our pandemic moment。 I really loved it and by the end I found it characteristically affecting and surprisingly hopeful。 。。。more

Anagricel ，

Sally Rooney has done it again！ what a brilliant book that touches on various issues and emotions that many of us are currently dealing with。 The conversation around religion， loneliness， and figuring out the labyrinth we call life is just so well written and beautifully executed。 All of the characters were actually likeable and extremely relatable in their own ways through their specific insecurities。 I loved it so much！I was lucky enough to receive a DRC through Edelweiss and had preordered a Sally Rooney has done it again！ what a brilliant book that touches on various issues and emotions that many of us are currently dealing with。 The conversation around religion， loneliness， and figuring out the labyrinth we call life is just so well written and beautifully executed。 All of the characters were actually likeable and extremely relatable in their own ways through their specific insecurities。 I loved it so much！I was lucky enough to receive a DRC through Edelweiss and had preordered a signed copy of this book months ago so as you can see， I have been dying to read this and now can't wait to give it a reread and annotate my book to filth。 p。s。 will this book be the reason why I begin writing detailed emails/letters to my friends？ I will be using Eileen and Alice's emails as a reason to invest in fancy stationery and begin sending out letters :） 。。。more

mrsboomreads ，

DNF at 83%Yes， you read that correctly。 I kept trying， the 83% proves that much。 But， I just can’t keep listening to。。。nothing。 Nothing is happening and there’s no plot。 It goes like: friends chatting， sex， e-mail， sex， more chatting， sex。 Repeat until the end of time。 Two stars for some interesting musings on religion， and the consequences of notoriety。

Dena Akbar ，

It is a really good book and It is really interesting。

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