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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
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
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
Now, this wasn't a bad book by any means. I just didn't find it all that tuned to my tastes, which is fair. I could totally see this being exactly my thing if it was just a few notches toned down. So many things about this book were great! I found it initially on a list of books to read if you loved Fleabag- and looking back that direct comparison might have been its downfall. The diversity, the found family element, the main character and the idea of still finding yourself as an adult - these were all awesome. But I just couldn't get past some elements that made me cringe. It was pretentious, for starters. Usually I don't mind pretentious, in fact I love it. There was just too much, I couldn't tell if the repeated calling one another by their full names was ironic, or if the drawn-out dramatic prose about being lonely creatures in the dark was meant to be tongue in cheek, or if the millennial dialogue was satirical. I liked the main character...until page 50 when her inner dialogue was too ostentatious for me and I felt my eyes roll. It wasn't awful- but the level of flashy self-importance felt more fitting for a Dark Academia story rather than what I assumed was meant to be a heartwarmingly humorous coming-of-age tale.
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm so glad this was a Book of the Month club pick for February. First of all, this cover is GORGEOUS. I'm obsessed with it. But I'm also obsessed with this book too because it was a journey. I read it in two sittings, about five hours and I'm already regretting zooming through it so quickly. I love romance stories, but Honey Girl is not only a romance. It's about all kinds of love, the pressures of wanting to live up to our parents' expectations, the reality that comes with being a BIPOC (which I cannot personally relate to I know), and the struggle of finding where you belong.
I think you should read this book. I think that I am not quite the same person I was at the beginning. Accepting myself as someone that is not heterosexual has been hard for me since I was a teenager because I was raised in the bible belt, and I'll probably never be fully out with my family, but these books always remind me that I don't need to hide. That's a gift.
And the fact that Porter and her friends always say how they love each other, I love that. It should always be normal to tell your friends you love them. I know I cannot pick a favorite thing about this book, but this struck me from the beginning and stayed with me the whole way through. I can't wait to read whatever Morgan Rogers releases next.
Also, that acknowledgement at the end about LJ and FFN, I see you and I salute you.
I think you should read this book. I think that I am not quite the same person I was at the beginning. Accepting myself as someone that is not heterosexual has been hard for me since I was a teenager because I was raised in the bible belt, and I'll probably never be fully out with my family, but these books always remind me that I don't need to hide. That's a gift.
And the fact that Porter and her friends always say how they love each other, I love that. It should always be normal to tell your friends you love them. I know I cannot pick a favorite thing about this book, but this struck me from the beginning and stayed with me the whole way through. I can't wait to read whatever Morgan Rogers releases next.
Also, that acknowledgement at the end about LJ and FFN, I see you and I salute you.
adventurous
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
This book really made me feel like I was looking in a mirror, almost. I loved the growth that the main character went through in all parts of her life and it wasn't just a "this is a prefect relationship" storyline. This book is now one of my favourites
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
This hit for me at just the right time, and was exactly what I needed to be reading. Some repetitive descriptions but a great debut novel overall
I was excited to read a novel written by a queer author about two women falling in love. I was sadly disappointed. Rogers's flowery language obscures the character development, making the plot seem implausible and the characters unreal.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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