Beautiful World, Where Are You

The work tells the story of Alice Kelleher, an Irish novelist, and her best friend Eileen Lydon, an editor at a literary magazine. In alternating chapters are descriptions of their lives and emails they send each other. The two other important characters are Kelleher's new lover Felix Brady, who works at a warehouse, and Lydon's friend Simon Costigan, who works for a refugee agency.{{Cite news|last=Goldsbrough|first=Susannah|date=2021-09-02|title=Sally Rooney's new novel is a Beautiful World – with serious flaws|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/beautiful-world-sally-rooney-new-novel-book-review/|access-date=2021-09-06|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903202339/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/beautiful-world-sally-rooney-new-novel-book-review/|url-status=live}} In The Guardian, Anthony Cummins describes the novel's structure as a "love quadrangle" between Kelleher and Brady, on the one hand; and Lydon and Costigan, on the other.{{Cite web|last=Cummins|first=Anthony|date=2021-09-05|title=Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney review – author of her own discontent|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/05/beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney-review-author-of-her-own-discontent|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-06|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=6 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906030516/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/05/beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney-review-author-of-her-own-discontent}}

Beautiful World{{'}}s themes include romance, friendship, precarity, and social class.{{Cite web|last=Hu|first=Jane|date=2021-09-03|title=Sally Rooney in the Struggle|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-review.html|access-date=2021-09-06|website=Vulture|language=en-us|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903173311/https://www.vulture.com/article/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-review.html|url-status=live}} The title comes from a poem by Friedrich Schiller which Franz Schubert set to music in 1819.{{Cite web|last=McAlpin|first=Heller|date=2021-09-02|title=Sally Rooney's New Book Tries To Find Meaning In An Increasingly Troubled World|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1031904202/sally-rooney-review-beautiful-world-where-are-you|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-06|publisher=NPR|language=en|archive-date=4 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904221429/https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1031904202/sally-rooney-review-beautiful-world-where-are-you}} The novel includes substantial epistolary elements, such as emails between Kelleher and Lydon.{{Cite magazine|last=Wilson|first=Jennifer|date=2021-09-02|title=How Should a Millennial Marxist Novel Be?|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/163505/millennial-marxist-novel-be-sally-rooney-beautiful-world-review|access-date=2021-09-06|issn=0028-6583|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905092533/https://newrepublic.com/article/163505/millennial-marxist-novel-be-sally-rooney-beautiful-world-review|url-status=live}}

Before Beautiful World{{'}}s release in September 2021, advance copies circulated on the internet; one sold on eBay for over US$200.{{Cite web|last=Strzyżyńska|first=Weronika|date=2021-08-20|title=Advance copies of Sally Rooney's unpublished book sold for hundreds of dollars|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/20/advanced-copies-sally-rooney-unpublished-book-sold-beautiful-world|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-06|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905140003/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/20/advanced-copies-sally-rooney-unpublished-book-sold-beautiful-world}} On the day it was released, Beautiful World was a bestseller on Amazon. In anticipation of its release, Rooney's American publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux distributed branded merchandise, including bucket hats and tote bags, to influencers.{{Cite news|last=Dwyer|first=Kate|date=2021-09-02|title=Beautiful Merch, Where Are You?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/style/sally-rooney-book-merch.html|access-date=2021-09-06|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905140002/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/style/sally-rooney-book-merch.html|url-status=live}} The first edition of Beautiful World was illustrated by Manshen Lo, and designed by Jon Gray.{{Cite web|last=McLaughlin|first=Aimée|date=2021-04-19|title=Delve into the cover design for Sally Rooney's new book|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Creative Review|language=en-UK}}{{Cite web|title=See the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel 'Beautiful World, Where Are You'|url=https://ew.com/books/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-cover-reveal/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=EW.com|language=en}}

Beautiful World was published by Faber & Faber in the United Kingdom,{{Cite web|last=Chilton|first=Martin|date=2021-09-02|title=Sally Rooney's new book is stimulating, but surely not aimed at the olds – review|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/sally-rooney-review-beautiful-world-b1912947.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-06|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=2 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902190050/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/sally-rooney-review-beautiful-world-b1912947.html}} by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the United States, and by Knopf Canada in Canada.{{Cite news|date=2021-01-15|title=Sally Rooney publishing new novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You to be released in September|work=CBC Books|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/sally-rooney-publishing-new-novel-beautiful-world-where-are-you-to-be-released-in-september-1.5875273|access-date=2021-10-04}} Rooney rejected an offer from Modan, an Israeli publisher, to sell Hebrew-language translation rights due to her support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, preferring to sell Hebrew rights in a way that complies with the BDS movement guidelines.{{Cite web|last=Knight|first=Lucy|date=2021-10-12|title=Sally Rooney turns down Israeli translation on political grounds|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/12/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-israeli-publisher-hebrew|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-12|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012110832/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/12/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-israeli-publisher-hebrew |archive-date=12 October 2021 }}{{Cite news|last=Rothwell|first=James|date=2021-10-11|title=Sally Rooney refuses to allow new novel to be published in Hebrew over views on Israeli-Palestinian conflict|language=en-GB|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/11/sally-rooney-refuses-allow-new-novel-published-hebrew-due-views/|access-date=2021-10-12|issn=0307-1235}} Steimatzky and Tzomet Sfarim, two Israeli bookstore chains, stopped selling Rooney's work following her decision.{{Cite news|last=Knight|first=Lucy|date=2021-11-05|title=Sally Rooney novels pulled from Israeli bookstores after translation boycott|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/05/sally-rooney-novels-pulled-from-israeli-bookstores-after-translation-boycott|access-date=2021-11-05|work=The Guardian|language=en}}

Beautiful World, Where Are You was a New York Times and IndieBound bestseller. According to Book Marks, the book received "positive" reviews based on eighty critic reviews with twenty-seven being "rave" and twenty-six being "positive" and twenty-five being "mixed" and two being "pan".{{Cite web |title=Beautiful World, Where Are You|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/beautiful-world-where-are-you/ |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=Book Marks}} Bookmarks, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, assigned Beautiful World, Where Are You a rating of three stars out of five with a critical summary reading, "Relatable and philosophical, Rooney's third novel captures the dynamics of relationships".{{Cite web |title=Beautiful World, Where Are You|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Beautiful+World%2c+Where+Are+You.-a0706701389|access-date=14 January 2023 |website=Bookmarks}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-04 |title=Beautiful World, Where Are You|url=https://www.bibliosurf.com/Ou-es-tu-monde-admirable.html|access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Bibliosurf |language=fr}}

It received positive reviews from Slate,{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Laura|date=2021-09-01|title=What Sally Rooney's Detractors Misunderstand About Her Books|url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/09/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-new-book.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Slate Magazine|language=en}} the New York Times,{{Cite news|last=Williams|first=John|date=2021-09-01|title=Sally Rooney and Love in the Time of General Systems Collapse|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/books/review-sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you.html|access-date=2021-12-20|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Brandon|date=2021-09-07|title=Sally Rooney's Novel of Letters Puts a Fresh Spin on Familiar Questions|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/beautiful-world-where-are-you-sally-rooney.html|access-date=2021-12-20|issn=0362-4331}} The Times,{{Cite news|last=Marriott|first=James|title=Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney review — a tale of beauty and seriousness|newspaper=The Times |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney-review-conversations-with-ageing-millennials-9wdm8gclp|access-date=2021-12-20|issn=0140-0460}} The Irish Times,{{Cite news|last=O'Toole|first=Fintan|title=Beautiful World, Where Are You: Fintan O'Toole on Sally Rooney's tense, very risky new novel|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/beautiful-world-where-are-you-fintan-o-toole-on-sally-rooney-s-tense-very-risky-new-novel-1.4657059|access-date=2021-12-20|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}} The Atlantic,{{Cite web|last=Crain|first=Caleb|date=2021-08-10|title=Sally Rooney Addresses Her Critics|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you/619496/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Atlantic|language=en}} NPR,{{Cite news|last=Corrigan|first=Maureen|date=2021-09-09|title='Beautiful World' Is Sally Rooney's Toughest, Most Sweeping Novel To Date|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035494728/beautiful-world-is-sally-rooneys-toughest-most-sweeping-novel-to-date|access-date=2021-12-20}} Financial Times,{{Cite news|last=Evans|first=Diana|date=2021-09-02|title=Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You — conversations with fame|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/6c641299-4ac9-46c3-9e62-b29acc90f1cc|access-date=2021-12-20}} the Harvard Review,{{Cite web|last=Weddell|first=Cecilia|date=2021-09-09|title=Beautiful World, Where Are You|url=https://harvardreview.org/book-review/beautiful-world-where-are-you/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Harvard Review|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909221042/https://harvardreview.org/book-review/beautiful-world-where-are-you/ |archive-date=9 September 2021 }} the Washington Post,{{Cite news|last=Qureshi|first=Bilal|date=2021-09-10|title=Review {{!}} Sally Rooney's latest novel is a lucid, nuanced story about coming of age in a broken world|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/salley-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you/2021/09/09/3b774d76-11a8-11ec-bc8a-8d9a5b534194_story.html|access-date=2021-12-20|issn=0190-8286}} the New Yorker,{{Cite magazine|last=Jackson|first=Lauren Michelle|date=2021-09-10|title=Sally Rooney Gets Outside of People's Heads|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sally-rooney-gets-outside-of-peoples-heads|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910102038/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sally-rooney-gets-outside-of-peoples-heads |archive-date=10 September 2021 }} USA Today,{{Cite web|last=VanDenburgh|first=Barbara|title='Beautiful World, Where Are You': Sally Rooney finds meaning in sex, friendship as the world burns|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/09/07/book-review-beautiful-world-where-are-you-sally-rooney-finds-meaning/5722221001/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}} Vox,{{Cite web|last=Grady|first=Constance|date=2021-09-07|title=In Sally Rooney's new novel, a celebrity author fights her own brand|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/22654386/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-review|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Vox|language=en}} The New Zealand Herald,{{Cite web|last=Dass|first=Kiran|date=2021-09-03|title=Book review: Beautiful World, Where Are You?|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/book-review-beautiful-world-where-are-you/OGN6SECHXCIIAUGIEBDGPLZZ4I/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903231948/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/book-review-beautiful-world-where-are-you/OGN6SECHXCIIAUGIEBDGPLZZ4I/ |archive-date=3 September 2021 }} The Boston Globe, The Sydney Morning Herald,{{Cite web|last=Richards|first=Allee|date=2021-09-03|title=Whether readers like it or not, Sally Rooney plays to her strengths in new novel|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/whether-readers-like-it-or-not-sally-rooney-plays-to-her-strengths-in-new-novel-20210903-p58ogl.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} The Guardian,{{Cite web|last=Enright|first=Anne|date=2021-09-02|title=Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney review – the problem of success|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/02/beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney-the|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Guardian |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902081543/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/02/beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney-the |archive-date=2 September 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Cummins|first=Anthony|date=2021-09-05|title=Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney review – author of her own discontent|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/05/beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney-review-author-of-her-own-discontent|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Guardian |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905060834/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/05/beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney-review-author-of-her-own-discontent |archive-date=5 September 2021 }} and InStyle.{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Isabel|date=2021-09-07|title=Sally Rooney's New Novel May Be Her Best Yet|url=https://www.instyle.com/reviews-coverage/books/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=InStyle|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907142249/https://www.instyle.com/reviews-coverage/books/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you |archive-date=7 September 2021 }} The book also received starred reviews from Booklist,{{Cite web|last=Bostrom|first=Annie|date=August 2021|title=Beautiful World, Where Are You|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Beautiful-World-Where-Are-You-/pid=9750201|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Booklist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220175418/https://www.booklistonline.com/Beautiful-World-Where-Are-You-/pid=9750201 |archive-date=20 December 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Candace|date=October 15, 2021|title=Beautiful World, Where Are You|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Beautiful-World-Where-Are-You-/pid=9754427|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Booklist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220175419/https://www.booklistonline.com/Beautiful-World-Where-Are-You-/pid=9754427 |archive-date=20 December 2021 }} Library Journal,{{Cite web|last=Matthews|first=John G.|date=2021-09-01|title=Beautiful World, Where Are You|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/beautiful-world-where-are-you-1784261|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Library Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220175418/https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/beautiful-world-where-are-you-1784261 |archive-date=20 December 2021 }} Publishers Weekly,{{Cite web|date=2021-06-17|title=Fiction Book Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28 (368p) ISBN 978-0-374-60260-4|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-374-60260-4|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618175820/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-374-60260-4 |archive-date=18 June 2021 }} and Kirkus.

The book received mixed reviews from Columbia Journal,{{Cite web|last=Philp|first=Stephanie|date=2021-09-08|title=Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You|url=http://columbiajournal.org/review-beautiful-world-where-are-you/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Columbia Journal|language=en-US}} Air Mail,{{Cite web|last=David|first=Cazzie|date=2021-09-11|title=Cazzie David on Sally Rooney's "Twilight" Vibes|url=https://airmail.news/issues/2021-9-11/not-so-normal-people|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Air Mail Magazine|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911095133/https://airmail.news/issues/2021-9-11/not-so-normal-people |archive-date=11 September 2021 }} Brooklyn Mail, The New Republic,{{Cite magazine|last=Wilson|first=Jennifer|date=2021-09-02|title=How Should a Millennial Marxist Novel Be?|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/163505/millennial-marxist-novel-be-sally-rooney-beautiful-world-review|access-date=2021-12-20|issn=0028-6583}} the Los Angeles Times,{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Hillary|date=2021-09-02|title=Review: In Sally Rooney's new novel, the millennial darling bursts her own bubble|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-09-02/cant-wait-for-sally-rooney-but-also-a-little-sick-of-her-her-new-novel-knows-how-you-feel|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902131525/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-09-02/cant-wait-for-sally-rooney-but-also-a-little-sick-of-her-her-new-novel-knows-how-you-feel |archive-date=2 September 2021 }} The Wall Street Journal,{{Cite news|last=Sacks|first=Sam|date=2021-09-03|title=Fiction: Reviews of 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' and 'The War for Gloria'|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fiction-reviews-of-beautiful-world-where-are-you-and-the-war-for-gloria-11630682938|access-date=2021-12-20|issn=0099-9660}} Star Tribune,{{Cite web|last=Forbes|first=Malcom|date=2021-09-03|title=Review: 'Beautiful World, Where Are You,' by Sally Rooney|url=https://www.startribune.com/review-beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney/600093595/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Star Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904114942/https://www.startribune.com/review-beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney/600093595/ |archive-date=4 September 2021 }} Entertainment Weekly,{{Cite web|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|date=August 23, 2021|title=Sally Rooney's 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' asks big questions — and doesn't always have the answers|url=https://ew.com/books/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-review/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=EW.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823215316/https://ew.com/books/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-review/ |archive-date=23 August 2021 }} The Economist,{{Cite news|date=2021-09-11|title=Sally Rooney returns with "Beautiful World, Where Are You"|newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/09/11/sally-rooney-returns-with-beautiful-world-where-are-you|access-date=2021-12-20|issn=0013-0613}} New Statesman,{{Cite web|last=leszkiewicz|first=Anna|date=2021-09-09|title=In her new novel, Sally Rooney looks her critics in the eye|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2021/09/in-her-new-novel-sally-rooney-looks-her-critics-in-the-eye|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=New Statesman|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912170820/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2021/09/in-her-new-novel-sally-rooney-looks-her-critics-in-the-eye |archive-date=12 September 2021 }} The Observer, The Independent,{{Cite web|last=Chilton|first=Martin|date=2021-09-07|title=What the critics are saying about Sally Rooney's new book|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-reviews-b1915490.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907093003/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-reviews-b1915490.html |archive-date=7 September 2021 }} The Nation,{{Cite news|last=Tulathimutte|first=Tony|date=2021-10-04|title=Sally Rooney's Fiction for End Times|language=en-US|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you/|access-date=2021-12-20|issn=0027-8378}} Vulture,{{Cite web|last=Hu|first=Jane|date=2021-09-03|title=Sally Rooney in the Struggle|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-review.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Vulture|language=en-us}} and The i.{{Cite web|last=Sudjic|first=Olivia|date=2021-09-02|title=Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You has a guardedness that makes it hard to love|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney-review-a-strange-imperfect-book-for-strange-imperfect-times-1179611|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-20|website=iNews|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902115232/https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/beautiful-world-where-are-you-by-sally-rooney-review-a-strange-imperfect-book-for-strange-imperfect-times-1179611 |archive-date=2 September 2021 }} Open Letters Review and the London Review of Books{{Cite news|last=Lorentzen|first=Christian|date=2021-09-23|title=I couldn't live normally|language=en|volume=43|work=London Review of Books|issue=18|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n18/christian-lorentzen/i-couldn-t-live-normally|access-date=2021-12-20|issn=0260-9592}} reviewed it negatively.

Brandon Taylor described Beautiful World as Rooney's "best novel yet" in a review for The New York Times, while expressing some concern that the novel lacks substantive political or moral critique. Reviewing the novel in Jacobin, Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino agreed that Beautiful World does not offer clear solutions to the social problems of late capitalism that it addresses, but argues that it is not the responsibility of fiction to provide such solutions.{{Cite web|last=Iuvino|first=Amelia Ayrelan|date=2021-09-09|title=Sally Rooney's New Novel Gives Us All We Should Want From Fiction|url=https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/sally-rooney-review-beautiful-world-where-are-you|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Jacobin|language=en-US|archive-date=9 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909223614/https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/sally-rooney-review-beautiful-world-where-are-you/}} In a four-star review for Vox, Constance Grady argued that Beautiful World investigates questions with which Rooney's fiction has been consistently preoccupied: "As the world collapses all around us, is it morally defensible to devote your life to love, relationships, and the aesthetic pleasure of books? What if you get rich from it?"{{Cite web|last=Grady|first=Constance|date=2021-09-07|title=In Sally Rooney's new novel, a celebrity author fights her own brand|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/22654386/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-review|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Vox|language=en|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908214233/https://www.vox.com/culture/22654386/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you-review}}

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