The first chapter of the book was great. I was intrigued by the characters and it was really well written. I look forward to reading the rest of it.

I read the first chapter and was so immersed in it that when it stopped …I was sad. Cannot wait to finish it once out in September! I love Sally Rooney’s previous novels so much! Will add this note to my stories on Instagram @carolinehoppereads

This is my most anticipated read of the year. One small chapter was not enough. Counting down the days until publication day.

So excited to read the whole book! Seems like it will be Sally Rooney at her best and won't defraud. September come soon please!

I was so excited to get a copy of this extract because I cannot wait for this book. The first chapter definitely sets up a classic Rooney-esqe love story and left me wanting more. The writing is minimalist, yet evocative. The distribution center/warehouse occupations have been highly uncommon for characters in contemporary despite how common they are in society so I'm interested to see how that figures into this novel. I have no doubt this will be one of the books of the year and I hope to be able to read it its entirety soon!

I have not yet read “normal people” but this blurb didn’t grab me at all. I expected more. I will still read normal people before making a decision about this book.

I haven't read anything by this author before so I wasn't sure what to expect. I know her books are very popular..
Personally I wouldn't be rushing out to get a copy to keep reading.

There was little chemistry between the characters so it came across as quite flat.

I also found the writing style hard to get to grips with. The short sentence structures added to the abruptness of the conversations and lacking chemistry and the lack of punctuation to mark speech just made jt hard to follow.

Positively I found the general atmosphere quite sinister and foreboding.

This was just an intriguing insight into what will almost be a hugely popular novel. What was most noticeable was the lack of chemistry between the two characters in the opening chapters.. I imagine this is to prevent the reader from jumping to conclusions in the early stages. Overall though I am really looking forward to continue reading this to see what unfolds.

I adore Sally Rooney's prior novels, especially 'Conversations with Friends', so I was excited to read this sneak peek. I have had the novel on order for months now and I find myself even more excited for the full release! Felix and Alice are strangers on a date. Felix is local; Alice is a visitor to the area. They both seem to be holding something back, their conversation underscored by the mystery of what they don't say to each other. I look forward to getting to know these two characters better!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher who provided an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Difficult to write a review for an extract but so far so very good. I like Sally Rooney's succinct style of writing and the characters seem real. The dialogue is interesting with at least as much weightiness given to the unsaid. I want to read the whole novel!

I have read previous books by Sally Rooney and have really liked them. I enjoyed reading this extract and look forward to reading the complete book in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publishers, and the author for giving me the chance to preview this book. I’m already hooked and can’t wait to finish the story. Sally Rooney has done it again!

I thoroughly enjoyed Normal People, so I had high hopes for this extract. It was great, but I really don’t think it is possible to give a clear assumption of how the book will go on such a short extract! Three stars purely because of the difficulty in rating the work based on the length - what I read was great, but I would need more to be able to have any genuine opinion!

It is difficult to write a relevant review on a single chapter of a book, but these first pages got me hooked! I loved Sally Rooney's other books, so I had high hopes, and for now, the start did not disappoint : i directly went to pre-order it. Can't wait to read the rest.

It’s extremely hard to rate and judge a book from just one chapter but you immediately see that it follows Sally Rooney’s usual style of writing which I enjoy very much. Alice, a writer, meets Felix in a Dublin bar. Felix works very reluctantly in a warehouse. You appreciate that Alice is diffident, bit mysterious and enigmatic and that Felix is suspicious of her and that she unsettles him. The encounter is awkward, tentative and strange and you certainly want to know more. The author has an innate ability to convey a scene so well you feel as if you are a fly on the wall observer. So, I’m hooked, I absolutely want to know where this encounter leads and so, nicely played Faber and Faber!!!!!! I’m just off to preorder now!

I have yet to read a Sally Rooney book but I have heard the hype around Normal people and conversations with friends so I was interested in checking this out. As far as how I felt about this, I could see myself continuing with this story, there wasn't really enough to go on to make me dislike it, the only thing I need to point out that I didn't like was the lack of speech marks when people are talking, at the beginning it was strange to read without them but then I sort of got used to it.

I received this Extract of Beautiful World, Where Are you from NetGalley, courtesy of the author and publisher.

Two characters, Alice and Felix, meet in a bar in a hotel. It seemed to me that they were on a Tinder date. Alice is subdued, reticent. They exchange the usual first meeting information, but Alice offers very little information. She is a novelist, he works in a warehouse, filling orders. It is obvious to me that this hookup was ill-fated and I was not surprised when Felix left without sealing the deal. This is where the extract ends.

I hardly know what to make of this blurb or even how to rate it. It was pretty sterile and even awkward.
No quotation marks again to mark conversation, which had me confused a time or two. I'm rating this extract a 3 out of 5.

I am hooked! I really enjoyed this little teaser (big surprise, I adore Sally Rooney). Just from the first chapter it feels like a huge departure from her last two novels and I feel an immediate connection to Alice. Truly cannot wait to read the whole thing!

After reading the first chapter, I’m intrigued and eager to find out what happens next with Alice and Felix! The writing style is similar to what I’ve come to expect from Sally Rooney, so I think fans of her previous books will be happy with her newest.

How am I more intrigued by this one extract than I am for entire books I’ve read this past month? The characters Rooney is creating are so devastatingly raw that I can’t wait to read the whole book. What an amazing first chapter.