I downloaded this extract, consisting of the first chapter of Sally Rooney's new book, Beautiful World, Where Are You?, after reading Normal People a few years ago and enjoying it.

I'm intrigued after reading this extract, which tells of an encounter between two strangers who meet for a first date, the woman being new to the area. This looks like it will be another character study in a similar vein to Rooney's previous works. I would probably have picked up this book anyway but I definitely want to see what happens with these characters.

I never read a sally Rooney book but I have been meaning to. I can’t really make up my whole mind with just a chapter but the writing was so good that it pulled me in and I found myself getting upset there is only one chapter. I would really love to find out more about these characters and there story it was so good and I loved the third person writing it wasn’t like anything I ever read

Thanks NetGalley for the chapter one sample of Beautiful World where are you by Sally Rooney. This is my honest opinion.
Personally I haven’t read Rooney in the past but I know she has many famous novels that are now film/Tv shows. They are on my TBR pile.

I haven’t made up my mind on you yet. I like Alice and I like Felix this far a few pages in.
I liked how it set the scene of being on the sea but not telling us where they are with the views for a few pages. I was wondering what Felix and Alice would look like to me. Imagining Ireland and the picturesque views. I wish I could read more and find out why the date ended badly. They are both hiding things and I don’t feel they are both being truthful about their lives or perhaps relationships..? It’s hard to piece a story based on one chapter.
I would to read the rest of the book to find out where the story ends.

It is impossible to review a book simply from reading the opening chapter but all I can say is that it intrigues me and totally drew me in and left me wanting to read more.

Sally Rooney is a wonderful writer and this shows every sign of being as good or even better than her previous offerings.

I can't wait.

I read a short extract of this book and all I can say is - it starts well. I really don’t know what the book will be like as it was so short. I can imagine it will follow a similar theme to her last books- relationships and how they evolve.
I may go on to read the whole book at some point.

Loved this first chapter - oh how I wish I could carry on reading this book! feel like Sally Rooney is going in for another hit with this one. TV show when?

No surprise here- I am a Rooney fan and this sneak peak changes nothing. Hard to review an extract, but I am looking forward to the full book!

Thank you to NetGalley and Faber & Faber, Ltd, Faber and Faber for this sneak peek of Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney.

I don't usually read excerpts of books that I know for sure that I plan on reading when they're released. When I'm really looking forward to a book I don't want to start it until I can just keep reading and reading and reading. I made an exception for the first chapter of Beautiful World, Where Are You because how could I not? It may have just been one chapter but I can alredy tell that it's going to be the kind of book I lose a weekend to.

In the first chapter we briefly meet Alice and Felix, two of the four main characters in the book. We don't get to know too much about them yet and we don't get to meet Eileen and Simon yet either but after this first chapter I can't wait to get to know them all a lot better. Beautiful World, Where Are You comes out on September 7. I've got my copy pre-ordered, have you?

I was intrigued and drawn into this first chapter! It was interesting and very Sally Rooney! I cannot wait to read the rest when the book comes out.

Sally Rooney's prose is always beautiful. A one chapter excerpt is not nearly enough--I definitely want to read more (and seeing as how popular Sally Rooney is, only offering an excerpt is a cute way to make sure that I go out and actually buy the book rather than love on an ARC). I can't wait for the release, so I can lose myself in her writing again.

It is hard to review one chapter. I read Sally Rooney's recent story which seemed to me like a prequel to this novel, so I had high expectations based on the magnificent story. However, I was a bit disappointed.
It was hard to follow the dialogue due to the non-punctuated/formatted text. The dialogue was weaved into the text as a part of the storytelling. The chapter did not give much of what distinguishes Sally's style; the inner dialogue/thoughts, but I cannot judge the entire novel based on one chapter. I am also more interested in Eileen's story (Based on Sally's Unread Messages)!
I pre-ordered the novel, and I am sure the rest of the novel will exceed my expectations.

From the first page, it’s very Sally Rooney!!! The way she describes the tiniest details of a character’s demeanor and movements to show who they are and what they are like. This extact is only 14 pages, so not much I can say about the story and characters, but I’m glad to see Rooney keeping her writing style with this book. I’m very intrigued and interested in getting to know more about the chatacters!!

I'm unsure how to rate a 14-page extract, but this is my most-anticipated release of the entire year and all this chapter of it did was make me anticipate it more. As always, Rooney somehow manages to fit an entire book's worth of tension and growth in one single chapter. I can't believe how much we learned about Alice - and how much more I want to know about her, and Felix - in just this excerpt. Looking forward to being able to read the rest of the book, hopefully sooner rather than later!

Pros: I read Normal People, but it wasn’t for me because of the ages of the characters and the angst. However, I thought the book was well written and have been interested in reading more books by Sally Rooney. I was curious to read a selection from her newest novel because I have FOMO if I don’t read what everyone is talking about, and my favorite book recommenders are talking about this book. I am intrigued by the first chapter of this book and have requested the audiobook from the library. (I’m third on the waitlist!)

Cons: I think books about young adults might not be for me. I get frustrated with the (bad) decisions they make. Based on the description of this book, I think there will be lots of bad decisions made by young adults.

Thank you to NetGalley and Faber & Faber for the opportunity to read the first chapter of this book!

I was so happy to get to read the first chapter of beautiful world. I really enjoyed Normal people so was excited to read this chapter. I like Sally Rooney writing style and it kept me hooked on the first chapter and I am interested where this story going to go. The first chapter was not enough I wanted to read more. I warmed to the characters Felix and Alice straight away. I liked how the narrator is all seeing.
Thank you NetGalley for letting me read this book.

These comments cover just the first chapter of Sally Rooney’s upcoming new novel. I was intrigued by what I read.

In this chapter, Ms. Rooney does an excellent job of creating an atmosphere. A woman is sitting in a bar alone. It becomes clear that she is waiting for someone. A man enters. He does not know the woman but finds her after checking his phone. Who are they? What, if anything, will they become to one another?

It seems that Ms. Rooney may be planning to answer these questions slowly. Readers learn that the woman is Alice. As the layers unfold, readers discover that she is an author and that she is living rent free in a home that turns out to be a rectory.

Readers learn that the man is Felix. He works in a warehouse and is a native of the place where this scene takes place. It eventually becomes clear that this is some kind of date. The two spend a brief time at Alice’s house before the chapter ends.

And that is all I know without reading the description of the book. I would like to know more. Would you?

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this content. All opinions are my own.

I received an excerpt from NetGalley,sadly it was only the first chapter. Yet I am intrigued. I also read an excerpt in the New Yorker a few weeks ago. I am putting it together like a jigsaw puzzle, but It seems like I will have to wait until September 7 for the whole picture to appear. what can I say Sally Rooney, you had me at hello, even without quotation marks.

This was a perfect excerpt to the beginning of something that’s going to be an excellent read. I have previous experience with sally rooney with her work especially normal people. I think rooney excelled at the emotions she portrayed and illustrated in that book, something I read in one sitting. So I’m excited to see where this book goes. The subtle introduction to a new cast of characters is already very intriguing so it’ll be interesting to see where else they go from here. 5/5 stars what a brilliant excerpt to something I know will be an amazing novel.

Thank you, publisher and NetGalley for the sample. I decided not to pick up this novel when it releases. I've tried to read the last two Sally Rooney novels but do not connect with the writing style.

Sadly, I did not realise when I requested this that it was just the opening chapter of Sally Rooney's much anticipated forthcoming novel. However I was still excited to read this after loving Normal People. It is written in Rooney's trademark style with no speech marks (this annoyed me when I first started reading Normal People) but I soon forgot about this as I became immersed in the story. This opening chapter was intriguing and I'm looking forward to reading the entire novel soon.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this digital extract from the book.