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Il libro migliore di Sally Rooney fino ad oggi a mio parere. Letto in lingua originale, come appassionata della sua scrittura ho preferito poterne cogliere tutte le sfumature e soprattutto non attendere l'uscita in Italia. Il racconto è, come da suo tratto distintivo, estremamente attuale e tocca tematiche affini - in quantità maggiore o minore - a tutti noi millennials. La storia è un intreccio di relazioni, di diverso tipo, di scambi di idee su grandi tematiche con cui ci interfacciamo ogni giorno, di incomprensioni e cose non dette. Avevo adorato Normal People, devo dire che con questo ultimo romanzo ha perfino superato le aspettative, sicuramente dando un taglio più maturo - non si tratta più di college students ma appunto di trentenni - e forse anche lasciando una nota di speranza in più rispetto a questo beautiful world che tutti cerchiamo e desideriamo vedere.

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Sally Rooney non delude mai

Davide Calì

Recensito in Italia il 21 ottobre 2021

Arrivato in ottime condizioni nonostante il packaging fosse solo una scatola standard amazon.

La mia lettura sotto l’ombrellone è stata ‘Beautiful world, where are you’ di Sally Rooney, libro che ho atteso con così tanta trepidazione che mi sono spinto a leggere in inglese, cosa che non avevo mai fatto finora per la paura di non capire abbastanza. Magari mi son perso qualcosa ma penso di aver capito.
L’autrice è cresciuta e così i suoi protagonisti: età diverse, stessi problemi esistenziali.
Non mi piace parlare delle trame, quelle le trovate sulla quarta di copertina, ma se vi sono piaciuti Persone Normali e Parlarne tra amici amerete anche questo romanzo.
Una delle cose che preferisco di Sally Rooney è la sua capacità di rendere le storie attuali, perfettamente in linea col mondo che ci circona, con personaggi che amano e odiano e sbagliano come sbagliamo noi dall’altro lato della pagina.
Questa recensione fa schifo? Sì, non riesco a esprimermi, sarà che l’ho letto in inglese lol

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Martina

Carino ma vuoto

Recensito in Italia il 13 aprile 2022

Non so se sono io che non capisco la genialità di Sally Rooney o forse non c’è niente di geniale. Questo libro lo ho detto in un paio di giorni ma più perché avevo voglio di togliermelo di mezzo che altro.
A me le sue storie lasciano vuota e detesto che i personaggi femminili siamo sempre così senza spina dorsale.

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MARIA GRAZIA

Such a great read

Recensito in Italia il 7 agosto 2022

After reading Rooney's first books and loving them I didn't expect to like her third one so much. I'm in owe of her talent at giving life to unforgettable characters on printed paper. Looking forward to the screen adaptation!

Arrivato in ritardo e rovinato

Andrea

Recensito in Italia il 16 settembre 2021

Il libro mi è piaciuto molto, Sally Rooney non delude mai. Peccato che sia arrivato con una settimana di ritardo rispetto alla data indicata nel pre-order e che fosse rovinato e con le orecchie alle pagine.

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ba1970

Bello!

Recensito in Italia il 26 ottobre 2022

Acquistato come "compito" per le vacanze estive, si è rivelato un libro interessante e di scorrevole lettura

Brutto libro - Ugly story

valerie

Recensito in Italia il 2 gennaio 2022

One of the worst books I've ever read. It's boring, self-centered, the story is specious and hideous, the long emails between the two girls are like "cut and paste" passages from previous texts.... If we needed it, this is just another evidence that the brand wins, not the content.

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Relazione-amore-comunicazione

Frank

Recensito in Italia il 29 settembre 2021

Uno stile impeccabile e preciso bel far dialogare i personaggi sui grandi temi della vita: le relazioni, legami con il mondo, il rapporto con i social media, la politica del momento.
Una fotografia come stiamo vivendo (o meno) insieme con un tono assolutamente umoristico e allo stesso tempo nostalgico.

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Karla

Envió rápido

Recensito in Messico il 13 aprile 2024

Lo pedí y a las 3 horas ya me lo habían enviado.
Me llegó en excelentes condiciones.
100% recomendado.

bryant

a beautiful, simple story that’s grounded in reality

Recensito in Canada il 18 dicembre 2021

as we can surely tell now, rooney is not a fantasy writer at all, in fact she’s so opposite from that that her characters and plots kind of all sound the same. but after reading and pretty much loathing everyone in ‘conversations with friends’ i was surprised to find that i liked the characters here a lot more and none of them really bothered me. maybe its because rooney didnt go so deeply into the psyches of every character, or that there was more than 1 main character, or both. this book was kind of like an exercise for showing and not telling, something that i found ‘conversations’ to lack greatly. i admit that i have not read ‘normal people’ but i feel like i have because i watched the series and that too was very grounded in reality. what i mean by that is that none of rooney’s works ever have an abundance, or maybe overindulgence, in flowery words and dialogue - but this is just based on having read two of her books and watched the series. each conversation in BWWAY seemed like they would be something that could be had in real life. i will admit that sometimes her male characters (in this case, simon) can be kind of cliched, shallow, or predictable, but the character of felix definitely felt like a change from her previous male characters. all in all, i really enjoyed this book and while it took me quite a while to finish it i felt refreshed and inspired and looking forward to reading the next chapter every time i picked it up.

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switterbug/Betsey Van Horn

Frank Schiller, "Schöne Welt, wo bist du?"

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 5 ottobre 2021

I was an early reader of Irish writer Sally Rooney, before she shot to stratospheric fame. I was offered an ARC of CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS, not expecting to love it as I did. It’s not that I don’t enjoy stories about Millennials--it’s just that sometimes there’s too much navel gazing or whining and stuck-ness in issues that can make my eyes roll. But Sally Rooney? She’s a delight!

Navel gazing in Rooney’s book is organic and watchful. She writes her literary opuses as if they were screenplays. I’m not talking about just the filmic quality of the narrative. But in BEAUTIFUL WORLD, as in all three of her novels to date, you could pluck the breathtaking images right from the words themselves. The dialogue, characters, and story are three dimensional, and every scene pops and delivers and allows you to interpret on your own terms.

BEAUTIFUL WORLD touches on themes of beauty, celebrity, social media, mental health, friendship, love, the continuum between friendship and love, and the fluidity of attraction. As always, I feel that the author connects deeply with the reader as she writes. Even when the tone is wry, tense, or accusing between characters, I feel that Rooney’s people are always evolving and in motion. Rooney isn’t rigid but she is decisive. Her cast comes with an implied background of unease, or lofty principles that they themselves have problems achieving. They are searching for love and identity, and also a culture class that they can brandish or even hide behind. This new novel revolves around two best friends, Alice and Eileen, and the men most important in their lives at the time.

As in all Rooney’s books, one character is a writer (sometimes she has more than one). Alice has achieved literary fame after two novels (like Rooney, although I won’t make the mistake of thinking Alice is based on Rooney), and then had a mental breakdown. It is obvious that she isn’t that egocentric about her fame; in fact, she chooses a boyfriend much less intelligent than her who doesn’t even read books.

Her typical form of communication with her best friend, Eileen, is email. They contain some scintillating content and background info, and move both character and plot along, or give the reader a bridge between times. So when Eileen and Alice eventually see each other again (Eileen is living in Dublin, Alice by the sea), you just know there’s a climax coming. (Eileen is actually living in the house Alice abandoned when she went into treatment). You feel the tension.

And when I said that her novels are like cinema? I think this one is more theater, like a play. You’ll see when you read it, but the scenes usually include little details about the environment when a character is doing something, such as: “…sitting on her bed scrolling on her phone… On the floor, a discarded cardigan, her swimsuit with its straps tangled, sandals with the buckles hanging open. On the bedside table a lamp with a pleated pink shade.” The stage is set a particular way. It’s like seeing a play, where you are riveted to the stage, and the play and your life have merged.

Simon and Eileen have known each other since childhood (he’s 5 years older than her) and their relationship was Platonic for many years, although Simon has always been hard to pin down. Felix is Alice’s new boyfriend, and there are a few stunners of information about him that are revealed early.

If you are a Rooney fan, you’ve already read the book and are just checking out what other readers are saying. Is Alice really Sally? No, of course not, but it is a little bit meta-, as Alice does criticize people on Twitter for judging her life and her boyfriend, as if they know her. (I imagine many celebs feel this way.) Her readers do act on social media as if they are involved in Alice’s life--like her friend or cousin. Shows you how creepy we can be. We all do it sometimes--judge someone famous for making certain choices with their lives! But, Rooney doesn’t act superior when she writes a scene this way. Her nuanced portraits are unguarded, even when her characters are leery or calculating. Rooney mesmerizes when she points out their darker sides.

What I wanted to say is that if you are already a Rooney fan, then there’s nothing I can tell you other than to read it, and you won’t be disappointed. If you are new to her, prepare to love her or hate her. She writes her familiar geography--Dublin. Her characters are mostly about her age, and like her character, Alice, she writes about friends and lovers. Rooney does that SO WELL! That is why she is so beloved. Scenes are vivid, like her characters, and I become invested in them. So when they feel a cleaving, so will I. And most Rooney readers will, too. She is wise, piercing, and intuitive with the narrative form. Her stories are convincing because the texture feels like authentic material.

Rooney will follow a character into a murky tunnel and come out the other side with the bright sun shining or peeling off skin. She decides and we interpret. Or she can say it all in a few keen words, taking the context and subtexting the hell out of it. It’s almost always through the characters, like a play. Rooney doesn’t describe geography except to add mood/atmosphere to the story. Settings are in a room or a space, indoors or out, where you can feel the boundaries when they are crossed. Her characters are urgent with the world they live in, fearful and fearless simultaneously. And constantly thinking, feeling, desiring.

“It was like God had put his hand on my head and filled me with the most intense desire I had ever felt, not desire for another person, but desire to bring something into being that had never existed before…I knew what I had to do, and I did it, that was all.”

I’m so thrilled that Rooney has this talent to share with the world. I’m a superfan, a wide-eyed votary, so I can get away with saying…gulp…it’s a more beautiful world because Sally Rooney’s talent is in it.

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robert neil drew

Le livre n'pparaît pas sur mon Kindle!

Recensito in Francia il 7 aprile 2024

Le livre n'pparaît pas sur mon Kindle!

Ashish

Sally’s best work yet.

Recensito in India il 28 marzo 2024

I cant express in words how much i loved this book.