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This Book Club Kit has interesting questions to discuss when reading Beautiful World Where Are You and is highly recommended to book club leaders thar want to have some provoking and great debate when discussing the chapters or specific things about it.

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An excellent book club kit! Highly recommended for facilitating in depth discussion around the book and its themes. Looking forward to using this one with my book club soon.

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Wow I love this book club kit! Everything put together and we'll organized and set up to have interesting conversations about the book without going off course and getting bogged down. I also love the book mark. What a fantastic way to do a book club. It truly is a tool kit and I will be looking for me.

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Well i think this is the novel but not. The content was helpfull for discussion, have material for people who already read this book.

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WOW!!!!! Hooked from the first page and read this book in one sitting… Full of tension and suspense. A real page turner

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The discussion questions are thought-provoking. I found the "What To Read Next Section" to be good - of the books I'd read, I felt like they were a good fit. I didn't particularly care for the "Shelf Awareness Interviews" or the "Sally Rooney Trivia," but I'm sure a lot of readers would enjoy those sections.

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This bookclub kit was really good. Any person hosting a book club would absolutely love it. The questions are relevant to the story and spark discussion. There was also an interview with the author that gave a lot of insight to what she was thinking when writing the book. There was even a recipe from the book and Book recommendations for your next hosting. 5stars!

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These book club kits are amazing….great content and they make it so easy to encourage participation for a book club reading the book. I love this one has a recipe and book marks that can be printed and given out at a meet up to discuss the book.

I hope to see many more books get a kit for future meetings , I know I will be using them for any book clubs I host

I received this kit through NetGalley and all opinions are my own

I would recommend these for any book club reading the book

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These are excellent traditional book club materials. The allure of Sally Rooney is part non-traditional lifestyle, though, and I wonder whether non-trad materials might be useful. I understand, though, that book clubs are mostly traditional readers.

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MY book club read Beautiful World, Where Are You in March 2022. This book club kit would have been so helpful!

We all found the book difficult to follow, especially without the use of quotes throughout the book. Because of this it was hard formulate questions and have a proper conversation about the book. This book club kit's questions and topics for discussion is excellent! I specifically liked question 5, What transformations take place in the way both couples experience sex, eroticism, and love? What enables these two relationships to persist, despite frequent doubts and deep vulnerabilities? How do differences in age and wealth affect their power dynamics?

This was my book clubs first Sally Rooney novel so the section for Sally Rooney Trivia would not have been integral to our conversation but I can see how it would be very interesting for Rooney fans!

I also loved the little addition of the fruit crumble recipe! Will definitely need to give it a try!

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This kit is gorgeous and has a lot of wonderful information in it. I really enjoyed the publisher interview. I would have loved to have an author interview as well to get a bit of information on what they were thinking when they created this book. As it stands, this book kit feels more like someone guessing about what the author was possibly thinking when they created the book.

Possible Improvements:

1. An author interview. I really enjoyed the publisher interview. It would be greta if we also had an author interview.
2. Links to spotify playlists. Spotifly playlists were mentioned, but there was no link to automatically go to the playlists. It would be great if those were provided in updated editions (if the playlists are still online, if they are not then that can be mentioned a well).
3. Information about the setting of this book and what inspired each character.
4. More art and drawings. For instance, perhaps a depiction of what the characters look like or what their rooms or workspaces look like.

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Unable to use this book club kit, I thought it was the book. However looks great & Sally Rooney is a highly recommended author!

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I go to a book club and this was really useful to take with me to open up more questions and generally get the book club a bit more focused. It allowed us to think more in depth about the book and it was great to have additional supporting material to help with this!

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The book club kit has inspired me to request the book. The background information about the book was intriguing and the subject matter touched upon in the book club kit seemed to have universal themes and issues.
I am interested to see how the author brings together the divergent themes of religion and Christianity, along with sex,, eroticism and love. She evidently includes wealth, success and age, as they impact friendship. It seems to me as though the characters may be millennials, but the issues and interactions and feelings are universal.

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This was a great book, and my book club enjoyed it! We have done another Sally Rooney novel previously and the kit was good to keep conversation centered on the book.

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Perfect for anyone wanting a great starting point to discuss in a book club. Lots of useful questions and guides.

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Good resource for following reading this.

Good content included.

The recipe feels irrelevant.

Like the q&a section which is great for engagement

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Such a great companion to the book! The kit had some great discussion points for my book club. We could have spent many more hours discussing,

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Please keep making more book club kits! I love everything about this. The discussion questions are perfect for kickstarting conversation. More more!

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The book club kit has inspired me to request the book. The background information about the book was intriguing and the subject matter touched upon in the book club kit seemed to have universal themes and issues.
I am interested to see how the author brings together the divergent themes of religion and Christianity, along with sex,, eroticism and love. She evidently includes wealth, success and age, as they impact friendship. It seems to me as though the characters may be millennials, but the issues and interactions and feelings are universal.
I think that the Book Club Kit for Beautiful World Where Are You is a must read for book groups reading the book.
It was well organized and provided thought provoking ideas for discussion.
I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and am leaving this review voluntarily.

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