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Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Come and Get It follows three perspectives over the course of an undergraduate fall semester, with glimpses into the past added as necessary to explain how they got into their current situation. Agatha, a mid-30s journalist working a year of residency at the University of Arkansas. Millie, a super senior RA looking to finish her degree, land a job, and buy a house. And Kennedy, a junior looking for a fresh start as a transfer student. As the innocuous moments of their lives intertwine, a descent towards their ruin begins. Its arrival is sudden and swift, the kind of downfall that makes all too much sense in hindsight.
The greatest strength of this narrative lies in these characters, who are written so realistically that they feel as if they walked out of your life rather than the mind of Reid. Crafting this kind of realism is supremely difficult, so the fact that even minute dialogue and quirks feel true-to-life is an accomplishment. This makes you, as the reader, feel as if you've truly participated in the scene rather than acted as an observer.
Rather than construct the plot around traditional forms of conflict, Come and Get It is propelled forward through the interpersonal lives of its characters. At no point does it feel like a scene is wasted, even if it only serves to capture simple moments of life such as dorm conversations or a trip to Target. Although this structure might not work for everyone, I found it a natural extension of its focus on the inner lives and decisions of its main characters.
Themes of class, race, sexuality, and gender are all on display within this novel, engaged with in the same way you'd talk about the subjects with friends - without formality and with a certain level of disdain towards the world. What it has to say is layered and worth discussing.
If none of this interests you, I urge you to at least give the first chapter or two a go. The writing pulled me in before I realized it - it might do the same for you.
Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Self harm, Medical content, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Grief, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Vomit
Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Classism
Minor: Cancer, Vomit
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, Classism
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Suicide attempt, Classism
Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Classism
Moderate: Racism, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Classism