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9.08k reviews for:
Honey Girl: Roman | Die aufwühlende Geschichte, die hunderttausende TikTok-Userinnen begeistert hat
Morgan Rogers
3.78 AVERAGE
9.08k reviews for:
Honey Girl: Roman | Die aufwühlende Geschichte, die hunderttausende TikTok-Userinnen begeistert hat
Morgan Rogers
3.78 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
BRB picking my jaw up off the floor after reading this beautiful story.
This book made me laugh out loud, cry sad tears, cry happy tears, and reflect on myself. I adored every single character, I felt their pain through the pages and was rooting for their happiness. I crave more of Grace and Yuki’s love story! Their relationship felt so raw and real and I want to know what happens next.
Morgan Rogers is an actual literary genius and my new favorite author. Her words are so poetic and beautiful. I found myself rereading so many paragraphs in this book, not for lack of understanding, but because I was in awe. I had goosebumps. The way she words things is just *chefs kiss* perfection.
This book is pure magic between 293 pages and I am so sad it’s over
This book made me laugh out loud, cry sad tears, cry happy tears, and reflect on myself. I adored every single character, I felt their pain through the pages and was rooting for their happiness. I crave more of Grace and Yuki’s love story! Their relationship felt so raw and real and I want to know what happens next.
Morgan Rogers is an actual literary genius and my new favorite author. Her words are so poetic and beautiful. I found myself rereading so many paragraphs in this book, not for lack of understanding, but because I was in awe. I had goosebumps. The way she words things is just *chefs kiss* perfection.
This book is pure magic between 293 pages and I am so sad it’s over
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Gay romance meets what happens in Vegas
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was hooked on this book from the get-go. It's so fucking good and I loved literally everything about this.
I enjoyed meeting The characters and seeing all of their awkward, vulnerable moments. I also enjoyed watching them make huge life decisions and then work up to the realization that it was their decision to make from the beginning.
This book is absolutely, breathtakingly gorgeous. I'm not even really sure where to start with a review. I guess first I should start with - I almost didn't read this book. I was attracted because I heard it was a Sapphic romance, then I read the blurb and thought "this is going to be one of those books that's marketed as genre romance but reads as more women's fic, isn't it?" Then some friends were reading it for a buddy read so I picked it up to and WOW. From page one, I fell. Even though it's written in the third person present tense - arguably the WORST tense ever - it's so amazingly, gorgeously written I didn't even notice it's written in a tense I loathe until CHAPTER FOUR. Like, I don't read fanfiction because so much of it is written in third person present tense and I REFUSE, and I didn't even NOTICE. I was too busy going "ooooh, honey and starlight... *dreamy eyes*" If that's not a dang recommendation for a book, I don't know what is.
Honey Girl is a book that defies genres. It's not really genre romance, or women's fic/chick lit, or literary fiction - though it has elements of all three. If you're picking it up looking purely for genre romance, that's not what you're going to get - fair warning. Maybe (like me) you'll fall in love with Morgan Rogers' writing so thoroughly you won't even care, but I want you, dear reader, to know what you're in for. There is a love story here - a beautiful one about two lonely creatures somehow finding each other in the vast and intimate universe - but the focus is really on Grace Porter and her journey.
The number of themes this book addresses so gracefully and profoundly is just... mind-boggling. Grace is a queer Black woman in the sciences who has just finished her PhD and is trying to find a job, and WOW. There are so many things I want to say here that are more suited to a book club discussion, because I don't want to spoil anything for someone reading this review who presumably hasn't read the book yet. Suffice it to say that Grace doesn't feel like a character someone made up - she feels like a real person that I'd really like to give a hug and a safe space to fall apart for a bit.
"She cannot understand this, what Agnes is going through, but she can understand loneliness so need you can't reach it, and sadness that consumes everything. She can understand wanting to let your limbs go weak as you sink underwater."
I think this book will speak to anyone who has ever felt lost and lonely and searching. It called to something in me - another lonely creature, made of star-stuff and searching. Maybe it will speak to you too.
A digital ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss+ for review. All opinions are unbiased and my own.
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Check out more of my reviews on my blog, Elley the Book Otter
Honey Girl is a book that defies genres. It's not really genre romance, or women's fic/chick lit, or literary fiction - though it has elements of all three. If you're picking it up looking purely for genre romance, that's not what you're going to get - fair warning. Maybe (like me) you'll fall in love with Morgan Rogers' writing so thoroughly you won't even care, but I want you, dear reader, to know what you're in for. There is a love story here - a beautiful one about two lonely creatures somehow finding each other in the vast and intimate universe - but the focus is really on Grace Porter and her journey.
The number of themes this book addresses so gracefully and profoundly is just... mind-boggling. Grace is a queer Black woman in the sciences who has just finished her PhD and is trying to find a job, and WOW. There are so many things I want to say here that are more suited to a book club discussion, because I don't want to spoil anything for someone reading this review who presumably hasn't read the book yet. Suffice it to say that Grace doesn't feel like a character someone made up - she feels like a real person that I'd really like to give a hug and a safe space to fall apart for a bit.
"She cannot understand this, what Agnes is going through, but she can understand loneliness so need you can't reach it, and sadness that consumes everything. She can understand wanting to let your limbs go weak as you sink underwater."
I think this book will speak to anyone who has ever felt lost and lonely and searching. It called to something in me - another lonely creature, made of star-stuff and searching. Maybe it will speak to you too.
A digital ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss+ for review. All opinions are unbiased and my own.
Like this review?
Check out more of my reviews on my blog, Elley the Book Otter
This is a coming of age story from a perspective that I have not read before. The story of a queer black woman trying to fit into a system that refuses to let her in.
Grace Porter just graduated with her Doctorate in Astronomy but fitting into that world is even more difficult than she expected and with the weight of the world (and her dad, Colonel) on her back it all feels like too much.
I thought this was a story both familiar and so far from my experience. I enjoyed the overall theme very much. However, I thought the language was a bit simple and sometimes cloyingly sweet. Though maybe that’s just because we don’t see/hear about/read enough about non-romantic love.
Grace Porter just graduated with her Doctorate in Astronomy but fitting into that world is even more difficult than she expected and with the weight of the world (and her dad, Colonel) on her back it all feels like too much.
I thought this was a story both familiar and so far from my experience. I enjoyed the overall theme very much. However, I thought the language was a bit simple and sometimes cloyingly sweet. Though maybe that’s just because we don’t see/hear about/read enough about non-romantic love.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My girlfriend bought me this book and I did enjoy it. The characters (though possibly too many) were all enjoyable and lovable (maybe besides Raj that one time). As with every romance book I read, I wish this one had more romance. It’s about Grace who drunkenly gets married and then goes to spend a summer in New York with her wife. That was my favorite part of the book but I felt that it was too short. I would’ve loved to have more time of just Grace and Yuki. The book was mainly about Grace and her relationship with her parents and needing to meet their expectations and be perfect. The themes of the book are very relevant and relatable. I loved the poetic language that was used. Overall an easy, quick read that’s enjoyable.