But when it comes to blaming mental illness on other things - like, for example, being rich and famous and not having people enjoy your talent in the way that you want them to - then I think that’s a bit misleading.īecause look, mental illness is an illness.
Look, I enjoy raw stories like this, in which people deal realistically with mental illness - even when Alice is clearly privileged and has the money to deal with it, because that’s still a totally valid story. It did feel like there was a bit of Rooney’s own anger in there, especially when it comes to Alice. the ArtĪnyone else think that both Alice and Eileen were based on Rooney herself? I know it is pretty basic to say that the author has projected themselves onto their characters - and it isn’t at all a criticism. Like I thought we were over this dumb white people stuff. Ditto for the summary, which I am just now reading for the express purpose of placing it in this post. Maybe I’m risking sounding unenlightened or whatever but no, there was no rewarding revelation about why this novel received such a dogshit title. First off, the title still makes me wanna vom. I might post some verbatim, but I also think there are some thoughts that I will need to explain a little more in depth, because wow there are sure some complex topics addressed in this thing. I’m not entirely sure how to go about this to be honest - I had so much to scribble down that my notes are a bit of a mess. I had originally intended to do a normal review, but decided that enough people are reading and reviewing this one that it wouldn’t be all that helpful to write my own - especially because I still have so many feelings I need to deal with. This might be a slightly different Very Spoilery Chat, because this time, I have a few things I desperately want to address. (Though I would be honored if that were the case.) Not because this book was bad, but because I had a lot of mixed feelings about Beautiful World, Where Are You, and I say some things that are definitely intended for readers, not the writer. 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? My Spoilery Thoughts on Beautiful World Where Are Youįirst of all, I want to start by saying that if you are Sally Rooney, don’t read this post. They worry about sex and friendship and the world they live in. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. 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.Īlice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young – but life is catching up with them. Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her.
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