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Dónde estás, mundo bello by Sally Rooney

92 reviews

igotcourt's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

im just glad sally finally gave us a happy ending after normal people broke me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Abortion

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

a man with the name brady regaling you with your flaws.. too real for me

i appreciated the email chapters for the insight into Alice and Eileen's friendship, but not for the philosophical commentary—it came off as lazy writing to explicate the novel's themes. at least it was in conversation, allowing for input and disagreement from another character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug use, Blood, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

geoalice23's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

brstlng's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

adrienne_rennie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm and Abortion

astrangewind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Sally Rooney's storytelling style - rooted deeply in the inane details of every day life - becomes even more compelling in Beautiful World. Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are each deeply flawed characters with deeply flawed relationships with themselves and each other; it's this complexity that makes them lovable. 

The "plot" (some might argue there is none) is interrupted with emails between Alice and Eileen, which serve primarily as the author's own philosophical projection. At first, I thought this was a little bit much, but by the end of the book I appreciated these vignettes as additional characterization of Alice and Eileen, and Felix and Simon by proxy. 

I loved these messy characters and their messy lives, and I rooted for them to the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

reddeddy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

_jennilein_'s review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

theasoleil's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Pandemic/Epidemic