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Homebodies

Tembe Denton-Hurst

3.46 AVERAGE

daynanicole's review against another edition

3.0

emotional 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

joyswords's review against another edition

4.0

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

Beautiful narration of the audio book.

teacrunk's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lydiamcfarlane's review against another edition

3.0

I enjoyed this book, the prose, the story, the relatability but i definitely had some issues with the characters and the themes that took it down two stars for me. Before i get into that though, this author is so cool and I’d love to have her career (nyc journalist turned author) and i would love to read whatever novel she drums up next.
Okay first. I hate when people look down on you for returning to your hometown or have a negative connotation associated with moving home after college. As someone dealing with being post- grad and living with her parents, it’s difficult enough as is without judgement from people around you or comparing yourself to those who move to big cities and “make it big” according to their social media profiles. It was difficult at times to read Mickey’s thoughts about those in her hometown, and her elitist attitude towards those not making it in nyc like herself made me upset about my own life circumstances and how people i went to college with/ from my hometown might view someone as “high achieving” as me returning home with no real end date to her stay.
Second, Mickey just made poor choices consistently and the one that hurt the most was her affair with Tee. I understand the job stuff and the manifesto but the affair was too far. Having personal issues isn’t a reason to cheat on and abandon your attentive partner, even if there are issues within the relationship. I just felt for Lex, and i thought things could’ve been worked out between them before Mickey blew things up. I wish that part of the plot would be resolved, because i was curious how Mickey was going to clean up that mess and if Lex would fully forgive her.
Overall a good book but i found Mickey annoying and elitist at times, despite also relating to her at others.

stephanieeeeee's review against another edition

2.5

reflective medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tracithomas's review against another edition

3.0

emotional 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

This is a slow moody novel with some messy scenes and bad decisions. The chaos is there but the tempo makes it much more of a character than a plot book. There are some really great scenes that I enjoyed. I was less interested in the quarter life crisis stuff (both around job and relationships), too much thinking/internal monologue for me. The kind of debut that makes me want to read whatever this author does next though, because the book is super solid.