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Honey Girl: Roman | Die aufwühlende Geschichte, die hunderttausende TikTok-Userinnen begeistert hat
Morgan Rogers
3.78 AVERAGE
9.04k reviews for:
Honey Girl: Roman | Die aufwühlende Geschichte, die hunderttausende TikTok-Userinnen begeistert hat
Morgan Rogers
3.78 AVERAGE
a cute little coming of age story that happens later in life, but we all need to know that the stages of life happen differently for each person. it’s okay not to know what you want to do right away. take your time. everything happens for a reason.
emotional
funny
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
Listened to the audiobook over the drive to and from Pennsylvania to pick up the kitten currently known as Dusty but I am almost positive I am going to change that. I’ve also had the ebook for a while, but avoided it because it seemed like one of those sadder books? Which it kinda is, but it fit the drive well.
This is really not a romance book. The central story focuses on Grace trying to figure out how to be an adult and live for herself, not other people especially her father. She’s just finished her phd in astronomy, and so is wrapping up 11 straight years of student life, bound up with being one of few women, and even fewer bi-racial queer women in an overly white and male field. So a lot of the systems that are in place to make sure you finish a phd with a job, don’t really work for her. She does have a (white) female professor/mentor who provides a ton of guidance, but certainly you get the sense that for Grace, race and queerness are the bigger barriers.
Her relationship to her parents - white mom who’s the flighty one, Black military dad and of course they are divorced - both relationships are messy. She lives nearest her dad, but in some ways he’s just an archetype of a strict military father. You see some insights into his inner workings when we look at his pain (he’s an amputee) and feeling helpless to give Grace the connections in the medical field. But he doesn’t SAY any of this until the end, instead putting immense pressure and blame on his daughter to live a certain type of life. Her mom is painted as an eat-pray-love type that is never there when Grace needs her, but towards the end of the novel you start to see more of that relationship build. And with both parents, I do think a lot of the barriers are in Grace’s mind, but the thing about parents are - they built the mind too.
Now to the romance. Despite the marketing, the drunken wedding in Vegas is really not the inciting incident. It’s a result of an interview that went poorly, and drives maybe 30% of the plot. It does give Grace a third option, so that instead of trying to find a job she might hate, or staying with her mom, instead she goes to NYC to meet Yuki. The entire book is told from Grace’s point of view, and since Yuki herself is not actually present for much of the novel, we really don’t get to know the Manic Pixie Japanese Girl (as another review referred to her) very well. For me, a successful romance novel shows how both people grow and change from the relationship, and here we just see Grace change, and really from other sources than the relationship. Having Yuki’s POV would have made this a different book though, so I think we have to be content that it’s Grace’s story.
The last part of the book goes deeper into the healing and therapy Grace needs. Mental health is woven throughout the story, and especially the intersectional nature of mental health. That felt real, and that it wasn’t a thing to be resolved in an epilogue, but instead the early stages of a journey.
So I’m not sure if I “liked” this book, but I think it’s a good book and worth the time, so long as you want to read about navigating burnout as a queer BIPOC woman in STEM.
This is really not a romance book. The central story focuses on Grace trying to figure out how to be an adult and live for herself, not other people especially her father. She’s just finished her phd in astronomy, and so is wrapping up 11 straight years of student life, bound up with being one of few women, and even fewer bi-racial queer women in an overly white and male field. So a lot of the systems that are in place to make sure you finish a phd with a job, don’t really work for her. She does have a (white) female professor/mentor who provides a ton of guidance, but certainly you get the sense that for Grace, race and queerness are the bigger barriers.
Her relationship to her parents - white mom who’s the flighty one, Black military dad and of course they are divorced - both relationships are messy. She lives nearest her dad, but in some ways he’s just an archetype of a strict military father. You see some insights into his inner workings when we look at his pain (he’s an amputee) and feeling helpless to give Grace the connections in the medical field. But he doesn’t SAY any of this until the end, instead putting immense pressure and blame on his daughter to live a certain type of life. Her mom is painted as an eat-pray-love type that is never there when Grace needs her, but towards the end of the novel you start to see more of that relationship build. And with both parents, I do think a lot of the barriers are in Grace’s mind, but the thing about parents are - they built the mind too.
Now to the romance. Despite the marketing, the drunken wedding in Vegas is really not the inciting incident. It’s a result of an interview that went poorly, and drives maybe 30% of the plot. It does give Grace a third option, so that instead of trying to find a job she might hate, or staying with her mom, instead she goes to NYC to meet Yuki. The entire book is told from Grace’s point of view, and since Yuki herself is not actually present for much of the novel, we really don’t get to know the Manic Pixie Japanese Girl (as another review referred to her) very well. For me, a successful romance novel shows how both people grow and change from the relationship, and here we just see Grace change, and really from other sources than the relationship. Having Yuki’s POV would have made this a different book though, so I think we have to be content that it’s Grace’s story.
The last part of the book goes deeper into the healing and therapy Grace needs. Mental health is woven throughout the story, and especially the intersectional nature of mental health. That felt real, and that it wasn’t a thing to be resolved in an epilogue, but instead the early stages of a journey.
So I’m not sure if I “liked” this book, but I think it’s a good book and worth the time, so long as you want to read about navigating burnout as a queer BIPOC woman in STEM.
I liked this book, I liked it a lot. I read it because I heard that there is a sapphic romance, but the whole book is more than this. It's about a black girl's struggles in her life. I care about Grace Porter's wellbeing, and I'm so happy that she finally learned how to love herself more.
i liked the writing and how she talked about the sun favouring her but the podcast and lonely creatures wasn’t my vibe and a bit cringe. i loved how she had the same bday as chloe. i wish there was more at the end like did she move to new york and what job did she get but it was an alright book !!
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a beautifully written debut that is just... celestial??? It's so fitting that Grace is into astronomy and studies it, because this story is just ethereal.
Plot: Grace Porter, a Black girl who finished her PhD in astronomy who can't find a job for any reason but racism and homophobia (note the sarcasm), gets drunk in New York and marries Yuki, who hosts a podcast for all the lonely creatures out there and provides opportunity for Grace to escape the pressure of her life.
This is not a rom-com but it's romantic and beautiful. It's about self discovery and acceptance and and and I need everybody to read this. One of my favorite aspects is how Grace is a lonely creature despite having such a strong support system because people does not stop you from feeling things.
I just. I need you, you right here, right now, reading this review, to read it! Even if you don't end up loving this book, giving it 5 stars, read it. I cannot wait for what Morgan Rogers will bless us with next. She is already such a huge inspiration for me like aaaaaaaAAAAAAA!!!!
Plot: Grace Porter, a Black girl who finished her PhD in astronomy who can't find a job for any reason but racism and homophobia (note the sarcasm), gets drunk in New York and marries Yuki, who hosts a podcast for all the lonely creatures out there and provides opportunity for Grace to escape the pressure of her life.
This is not a rom-com but it's romantic and beautiful. It's about self discovery and acceptance and and and I need everybody to read this. One of my favorite aspects is how Grace is a lonely creature despite having such a strong support system because people does not stop you from feeling things.
I just. I need you, you right here, right now, reading this review, to read it! Even if you don't end up loving this book, giving it 5 stars, read it. I cannot wait for what Morgan Rogers will bless us with next. She is already such a huge inspiration for me like aaaaaaaAAAAAAA!!!!
2.25 I feel like this book had two stories and I struggle to follow. Do people really get drunk and married in Vegas and then don't get an annulment? For drunk Vegas elopement I suggest reading Not That Kind of Guy by Andie J. Christopher . This book did not feel as STEMinist as I would like either. For a STEMinist novel please look up Ali Hazelwood books.
I really liked the discussions of mental health and burnout that were centered in this book. I also really enjoyed the found families and ensemble of characters. I think wasn’t super invested in the romance because it developed over such a short amount of time, but that is just my personal preference.