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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
funny
reflective
fast-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
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It felt like a weird premise to a book. Not much seemed to happen until it all seemed to happen. It’s one of those books that has very normal characters that have very random & intense things happen to them. Also wasn’t aware that there would be such a graphic blood scene that the entire last 20% revolved around - made it hard to finish the book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Medical content
Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
Minor: Animal death
- was mostly audio with the last 1/4 being read
- liked reading more than audio, maybe bc of narrator and bad accents and too many characters
- last 1/4 gets interesting and takes a twist. first third moved slow and so much detail on the tiniest things about these characters. narrating their every move during their day
- creates a very specific college dorm life time - 2016
- honestly maybe lower than a 3 just bc the pacing felt so bad
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
reflective
fast-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
Come & Get It by Kiley Reid
This book is among the most anticipated of 2024 and for good reason. WOW! It started as a slow burn for me, but when it accelerated I was caught off guard and then blown away. The characters, primarily college students from the University of Arkansas, and descriptions of their dorm life are relatable and the dialogue is impressively believable. There’s a lot of tension and bad behavior (the RA’s! the visiting professor!), the kind where I watched characters make terrible decisions and gasped NO!
This book is among the most anticipated of 2024 and for good reason. WOW! It started as a slow burn for me, but when it accelerated I was caught off guard and then blown away. The characters, primarily college students from the University of Arkansas, and descriptions of their dorm life are relatable and the dialogue is impressively believable. There’s a lot of tension and bad behavior (the RA’s! the visiting professor!), the kind where I watched characters make terrible decisions and gasped NO!
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Come and Get It is about people in a college setting (specifically the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville) confronted with terrible decisions they have made, the consequences of which shatter their sense of self-worth, and how they use economic transactions to paper things over. It is such a grounded novel, where the characters come to life with their patter and habits. The novel suggests that its atomized, lonely characters may have to find their only solace in trips to Target.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I don’t know if I’ve ever read a book so perfectly attuned to my interests as a former RA who still works with young people and is obsessed with stories about women’s interior lives. The writing here is so sharp while also being fully hilarious, and honestly for most of it I did not know where the author was going to take me. It didn’t matter because I was 100% in it from the first page. Definitely a character > plot book but the prose is at such a high level it still feels propulsive.
This was my first book outside the Maas-iverse this year and what an absolute banger.
This was my first book outside the Maas-iverse this year and what an absolute banger.