Beautiful World, Where Are You

Amazon named this a Best Book saying: "It feels slightly disingenuous to call Beautiful World, Where Are You 'classic Rooney,' as Sally Rooney has written only three novels. But her previous novels, Conversations with Friends and Normal People—the latter of which was adapted into an excellent Hulu limited series—display a voice so sure and formed it’s easy to imagine Rooney as a mature (in age) and prolific writer. Rooney is neither, yet she knows her vast talent well and is confident in showcasing it. The complicated humans at the center of Beautiful World, Where Are You are Alice, a best-selling novelist; Felix, a working class man whom Alice meets in the seaside town in which she is renting a house; Eileen, Alice’s friend and a literary magazine assistant who has recently gone through a breakup; and Simon, Eileen's childhood friend with whom she's had a long flirtation. Rooney is gifted at capturing conflict between friends and lovers. She also manages fresh observations on life, relationships, and sex. And that makes Beautiful World, Where Are You You classic Rooney."