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9.09k reviews for:
Honey Girl: Roman | Die aufwühlende Geschichte, die hunderttausende TikTok-Userinnen begeistert hat
Morgan Rogers
3.78 AVERAGE
9.09k reviews for:
Honey Girl: Roman | Die aufwühlende Geschichte, die hunderttausende TikTok-Userinnen begeistert hat
Morgan Rogers
3.78 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
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
This is my process for writing book reviews. I stop 25% into the book to write a summary, so I don't involve spoilers when I write the review upon completion, taking notes throughout the rest of the novel.
My 25% summary was: A debut novel about a woman who gets happy-drunk in Las Vegas and marries a woman she doesn't know. This is pretty much a condensed version of the back-of-the-book description.
I don't think this is actually what the book is about. If you go into this book expecting a swoon-worthy romance that will leave you with giddy butterflies in your stomach, you're going to be disappointed. Grace's story is one of introspection and self discovery.
Grace is holds a PHD in astronomy and is feeling familial pressure to be the best version of herself. Not a bad thing, but it's overwhelming and this image of the "Best Grace" is overpowering the person she wants to become.
Honey Girl is about a woman who drunk-marries a girl in Vegas, sure. It's also about a woman who is about to turn thirty and is beyond stressed out about her career she killed herself to attain. It's about a woman trying to figure out who she really is, despite the family pressure.
It was fantastic. I absolutely loved this book, starting from the very first sentence. The book opens with this beautiful prologue. It's written in second person and resembles poetry in prose. It was a great hook that I crave from other stories now.
Personally, I felt Grace's struggles. As a twenty-eight-year-old who is struggling with her career, I saw a lot of myself in Grace. Approaching 30 is terrifying and it forces you to dive deep into yourself, questioning who you are versus who you want to become.
Although, I do acknowledge that I'm white. I have white privilege on my side, whether I want it or not. Grace faces systemic racism in her field and the social commentary Rogers offers is powerful and profound.
On a side note, I wish Yuki's show was real. I would listen to it. Yuki is Grace's wife and Grace hears her voice for the first time sober through her radio show, which is about supernatural creatures and how they relate to her lonely listeners. It's beautiful and brilliant. I want this show in my life.
I'm one of those nerds who will always read the acknowledgements that close a novel. Usually, the acknowledgements are the same. Thanks Mom, thanks editors, thanks publishers... and so on. However, Rogers adds a closing statement to hers that gave me goosebumps. She's a debut author, so she closed it with: "This is only the beginning. Nice to meet you."
It's nice to meet you, too. I can't wait for your future novels.
My 25% summary was: A debut novel about a woman who gets happy-drunk in Las Vegas and marries a woman she doesn't know. This is pretty much a condensed version of the back-of-the-book description.
I don't think this is actually what the book is about. If you go into this book expecting a swoon-worthy romance that will leave you with giddy butterflies in your stomach, you're going to be disappointed. Grace's story is one of introspection and self discovery.
Grace is holds a PHD in astronomy and is feeling familial pressure to be the best version of herself. Not a bad thing, but it's overwhelming and this image of the "Best Grace" is overpowering the person she wants to become.
Honey Girl is about a woman who drunk-marries a girl in Vegas, sure. It's also about a woman who is about to turn thirty and is beyond stressed out about her career she killed herself to attain. It's about a woman trying to figure out who she really is, despite the family pressure.
It was fantastic. I absolutely loved this book, starting from the very first sentence. The book opens with this beautiful prologue. It's written in second person and resembles poetry in prose. It was a great hook that I crave from other stories now.
Personally, I felt Grace's struggles. As a twenty-eight-year-old who is struggling with her career, I saw a lot of myself in Grace. Approaching 30 is terrifying and it forces you to dive deep into yourself, questioning who you are versus who you want to become.
Although, I do acknowledge that I'm white. I have white privilege on my side, whether I want it or not. Grace faces systemic racism in her field and the social commentary Rogers offers is powerful and profound.
On a side note, I wish Yuki's show was real. I would listen to it. Yuki is Grace's wife and Grace hears her voice for the first time sober through her radio show, which is about supernatural creatures and how they relate to her lonely listeners. It's beautiful and brilliant. I want this show in my life.
I'm one of those nerds who will always read the acknowledgements that close a novel. Usually, the acknowledgements are the same. Thanks Mom, thanks editors, thanks publishers... and so on. However, Rogers adds a closing statement to hers that gave me goosebumps. She's a debut author, so she closed it with: "This is only the beginning. Nice to meet you."
It's nice to meet you, too. I can't wait for your future novels.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
funny
lighthearted
slow-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
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
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
A cute romance! The discussion of burnout and finding yourself hit really well too.
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-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
Somewhere between 4 and 3.5 stars? IDK. It was really good. Once the second half started in New York, THAT's when it got good. This book was about millennial found families and friendship, about mental health, and I am here for it. It was more lyrical than I expected---the romance was honestly the lesser portion for me. The friendships she made in New York and those she had in Portland and working through her perfectionism and her place in the world and academia as a mixed race lesbian were just, fantastic.
Got pretty tired of the romantic relationship involving calling each other by their full names and continuing the monster metaphor until it was beat to death---it was like romcom unbelievable cheese. But seriously, the story overall is compelling and I can overlook it and even like Yuki.
I think another reviewer Michael David said it best: "This is the #ownvoices debut novel from Morgan Rogers, and she does a phenomenal job of making Grace a fully fleshed out character. I felt as if I knew her and could feel the struggles she was going through. The book is at its best when painting a realistic portrait of what happens to a person when they do something unexpected that shakes them to their core. Grace feels her life went off the rails, which simultaneously reveals other struggles and hardships that she has gone through over the years...some of those with her own mother and father. She has a wonderful and eclectic group of friends around her who are always there for her.
I also appreciate the handling of heavy topics like depression and anxiety.
The aspect that I found less compelling was, oddly enough, the romance. I didn’t find Grace’s new wife, Yuki, to be likable. Yuki has an odd sense of humor and uses odd metaphors when speaking, some of them repeatedly. I didn’t feel the chemistry between the two women, and while I understand why it was essential to the story (as it’s the first time Grace has lost control and it sets things in motion), I much preferred when the story focused on Grace, her personal struggles, and her friends and family.
All in all, an enjoyable debut that many in the book world will undoubtedly love. I’m looking forward to reading more from the author."
Got pretty tired of the romantic relationship involving calling each other by their full names and continuing the monster metaphor until it was beat to death---it was like romcom unbelievable cheese. But seriously, the story overall is compelling and I can overlook it and even like Yuki.
I think another reviewer Michael David said it best: "This is the #ownvoices debut novel from Morgan Rogers, and she does a phenomenal job of making Grace a fully fleshed out character. I felt as if I knew her and could feel the struggles she was going through. The book is at its best when painting a realistic portrait of what happens to a person when they do something unexpected that shakes them to their core. Grace feels her life went off the rails, which simultaneously reveals other struggles and hardships that she has gone through over the years...some of those with her own mother and father. She has a wonderful and eclectic group of friends around her who are always there for her.
I also appreciate the handling of heavy topics like depression and anxiety.
The aspect that I found less compelling was, oddly enough, the romance. I didn’t find Grace’s new wife, Yuki, to be likable. Yuki has an odd sense of humor and uses odd metaphors when speaking, some of them repeatedly. I didn’t feel the chemistry between the two women, and while I understand why it was essential to the story (as it’s the first time Grace has lost control and it sets things in motion), I much preferred when the story focused on Grace, her personal struggles, and her friends and family.
All in all, an enjoyable debut that many in the book world will undoubtedly love. I’m looking forward to reading more from the author."
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Considering this is the author's first book, I'd say it was a nice attempt at a novel. I liked the general idea of the book but the execution unfortunately wasn't all that good. I felt absolutely no chemistry between Grace and Yuki and I really wish they'd actually decided to get to know each other step by step and that their falling in love would have been depicted with some build-up rather than them just randomly deciding to play a married couple who -for reasons unknown to the reader- is in love. Also did not see all the mental health issues being addressed in this book coming. A warning about the self harm at least would have been nice because looking at the text on the back of the book, it doesn't seem like anything like that would suddenly be a topic. I also feel like the book was way too short for all the things the author tried to put in there. Maybe the characters' feelings and development would have made more sense had the book been 500+ pages instead.