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Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

169 reviews

finesilkflower's review against another edition

3.0

Recommended from Alison Green's list of 2024 books. I also liked "Such a Fun Age."

As with "Such a Fun Age," Kiley Reid's writing is clever and precisely observational in a very canny way. She has a naturalistic way of weaving race and class into her storylines in ways that the characters themselves seem unaware of. She gets in the head of characters who are unaware or self-delusional about how much power they wield in a situation, and shows how they justify its use to themselves.

"Come and Get It" takes place on a college campus and shows the unintentional ripple effects of various interactions between a visiting professor secretly publishing "Money Diary" type articles based on her observations of students; several well to do students wrapped up in their own problems; and one financially hustling RA. The best lines go to the peanut gallery of the RA's snarky queer friends.

I think that "Such a Fun Age" held together a bit more cohesively, as this felt at times like disconnected storylines - especially that of Kennedy, who is intentionally isolated into her own storyline to reflect her isolation as a lonely transfer student, but it can be effective and still not particularly engaging to read. The book also seemed to get a little cartoonish at the end. I was left not quite sure what Reid was trying to say with some of the storylines.

While Agatha is rightly called out on her bullshit in a very satisfying scene, Kennedy's storyline seems to end with the lesson that attempting suicide, or appearing to, solved her problems.

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knotekerin's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny tense fast-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

funny and heartbreaking at the same time. Reid is an expert on calling out all the bullshit in the world but in such a creative way. characters are great and the commentary on gender, race and SES are so well integrated into the plot development. also as a former extremely try-hard RA this stressed me tf out but also made me feel very seen

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the_library_kid's review against another edition

3.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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amachonis's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny 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

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laura_lin's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really like the way this author writes authentic flawed characters. Their internal monologues gave words to feelings I previously couldn’t name or describe. I couldn’t help but reflect on my college experience.
This book ended up being unexpectedly triggering to me which I did not anticipate after the lightness of Such a Fun Age but I am glad to have read it.

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