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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
really i would say 3.75 stars
honestly, highly relatable. i love books about female academics struggling w internalized white supremacy. it’s a v real struggle
honestly, highly relatable. i love books about female academics struggling w internalized white supremacy. it’s a v real struggle
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this title. I really wanted to love this book because I love the premise, and how it centers on BIPOC queer characters, but I mostly found the main character to be lacking in depth. The book digs deep into the concerns many of us have faced as millennials who have achieved the goals they've set from a young age, and aren't sure how to proceed. It definitely speaks to the struggles of BIPOC queer people to be respected in the world, and I appreciate those aspects of it.
The writing style is sometimes hard to follow, and I wish there was more behind the main characters decision making and feelings. Also, the author writes in great detail about the strength of the main characters friendships, so it feels really out of character when she completely ignores them for months late into the book. I did appreciate the promising ending, and overall the story was good. I'd definitely give it 3.5 stars if I had the option.
The writing style is sometimes hard to follow, and I wish there was more behind the main characters decision making and feelings. Also, the author writes in great detail about the strength of the main characters friendships, so it feels really out of character when she completely ignores them for months late into the book. I did appreciate the promising ending, and overall the story was good. I'd definitely give it 3.5 stars if I had the option.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One of the simultaneous joys and perils of listening to literally thousands of hours of romance podcasts since the Great Podcast Boom of 2020 is that I have lots of reading recs floating around in my head, unmoored from many of their pertinent details. Honey Girl was just such a book and while I vividly remembered the description of the hauntingly gorgeous romantic setup - a Vegas wedding between an astronomer and a monster hunter followed by a long-distance, late-night radio show courtship - some other key details slipped my memory. It didn't help the blurb wrong-footed me. (Hello, Grace's drunk Vegas I Do was not 'her one moment of departure' from her father's vicarious lifeplan!) So here are some things I think it would be good to know so you can enjoy this book from the start, rather than slowly finding your way into it like me. First, Grace is not some perfect daughter aquiescing to every expectation. She is more complex than this trope implies (and more inconsistent). Second, Honey Girl is not a romance, but contemporary fiction with romantic elements. This is Grace's book and Yuki remains the seductive voice filtering in by long wave radio via first person naration. Several other reviewers have also conned on to the whole Manic Pixie Dream girl vibes. I've noticed its undertones in several sapphic reads of late and would like to return this character to the straights c 2003. Finally, is a really raw and emotional read. I definitely suggest reading the content warning around mental health issues (not included in the audiobook version!) Grace is negotiating an autocratic father, a somewhat absent mother, and a brutal higher education employment environment made worse by systemic racism. Understandably, she has issues, as do the 'broken girls' she has made her queer found family from. I actually have real questions about the dynamics of this group, but don't have time to get into it here. Actually Grace has TWO found families and I'm still stressed about how they are all coping. So full marks for getting me invested in the slew of secondary characters (I'm including Yuki). For me, this is a 3.5 star story rounded up for some excellent writing. Get it for your book club and the conversation should flow like wine.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
How do I talk about a book which felt like it had torn open my chest and stared into my soul? This is a book for all the twenty-somethings struggling to find their place in the world, struggling to feel worthy, struggling to find love in a world which wants nothing but to tear them down. It is a mesmerising beauty of a book, and one that made me cry like four times and I never cry at books.
Honey Girl follows Grace Porter, a woman in her late twenties who has just finished her PhD and celebrated by getting drunk in Vegas and marrying a stranger, Yuki. Yuki vanishes the next morning, leaving Grace a note to find her if she wants to. Grace, beginning to crack under the pressure of killing herself to live up to the expectations placed on her by her father, decides to take a break and goes to live with Yuki.
This book is so much more than any plot summary I could give. It felt like I was reading my soul. The pressure Grace puts herself under, brought about my years of parenting that forced her to believe that if she wasn't the best, then she was worthless, that her own happiness came second to being the best in her field; the sheer exhaustion Grace feels from fighting so hard for so long; the way she simply doesn't know what to do, that feeling of helplessness when faced with your own future; but most of all that lonliness, the lonliness that never goes away, no matter if you are surrounded by love, the lonliness of your soul crying out to be seen as worthy even at your worst: Grace Porter is my soul and I cried my way through this book. This book is beautiful and heartbreaking and so full of life.
The prose is absolutely sublime, each word written to delve deep into your soul and take root, growing until the book has wrapped itself around your heart. The love in this book is unlike anything I've read before: it is perfection. From the stunningly poignant portrayal of found family in Grace and Yuki's friendship circles, to the tender and fragile love growing between Grace and Yuki, this book is full of love at it's very best and most whole.
I am in love with this book, and Morgan Rogers has a lifelong reader. If this is a debut, I cannot wait to see what they come up with next.
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Perfection. I feel like someone looked into my soul.
Honey Girl follows Grace Porter, a woman in her late twenties who has just finished her PhD and celebrated by getting drunk in Vegas and marrying a stranger, Yuki. Yuki vanishes the next morning, leaving Grace a note to find her if she wants to. Grace, beginning to crack under the pressure of killing herself to live up to the expectations placed on her by her father, decides to take a break and goes to live with Yuki.
This book is so much more than any plot summary I could give. It felt like I was reading my soul. The pressure Grace puts herself under, brought about my years of parenting that forced her to believe that if she wasn't the best, then she was worthless, that her own happiness came second to being the best in her field; the sheer exhaustion Grace feels from fighting so hard for so long; the way she simply doesn't know what to do, that feeling of helplessness when faced with your own future; but most of all that lonliness, the lonliness that never goes away, no matter if you are surrounded by love, the lonliness of your soul crying out to be seen as worthy even at your worst: Grace Porter is my soul and I cried my way through this book. This book is beautiful and heartbreaking and so full of life.
The prose is absolutely sublime, each word written to delve deep into your soul and take root, growing until the book has wrapped itself around your heart. The love in this book is unlike anything I've read before: it is perfection. From the stunningly poignant portrayal of found family in Grace and Yuki's friendship circles, to the tender and fragile love growing between Grace and Yuki, this book is full of love at it's very best and most whole.
I am in love with this book, and Morgan Rogers has a lifelong reader. If this is a debut, I cannot wait to see what they come up with next.
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Perfection. I feel like someone looked into my soul.
emotional
funny
medium-paced
I’m genuinely surprised the average review rating on this is not higher. This is absolutely beautiful and stunning. It touches your emotions in all the right ways. It is a perfectly well written movie that I couldn’t bear to pause the entire time I was reading it. I love Grace and I love Yuki and Ximena and Agnes and every single damn character in this book. Friends are just as important as significant others. Love runs deep, love is always.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
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
i loved the writing style of this book. i found it so beautiful yet easy to read. the last few chapters of this seemed to drag on for a bit, though, and i’m not sold on the ending but it was overall a good read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Abandonment