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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
emotional
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
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Homebodies is a very powerful debut, showing a slice of Mickey's life when she fears losing it all. You watch her spiral, you see her face her personal rock bottom and hide out at home, in the relationships and feelings that have been haunting her life in New York. The ones she's tried to ignore but are ever lingering.
It's passionate, engaging, and empowering to see how the main character expects her letter to blow up and facing the facts of reality, the feelings of being unseen until a spark is lit.
The details carry this book: The way the main character is highlighted by their interactions with her family and friends, the ass-kicking and pushes she receives by her friends and grandmother to not wallow and always push forward.
Her manifesto going viral isn't the start of Mickey's journey. Rather, it's the end and the change she needed after her period of self-regret and reflection. While I can't see myself in some of the characteristics and decisions she makes in the book, I loved reading her journey to the point she needed to prove to herself before she could be a beacon for others around her.
It's passionate, engaging, and empowering to see how the main character expects her letter to blow up and facing the facts of reality, the feelings of being unseen until a spark is lit.
The details carry this book: The way the main character is highlighted by their interactions with her family and friends, the ass-kicking and pushes she receives by her friends and grandmother to not wallow and always push forward.
Her manifesto going viral isn't the start of Mickey's journey. Rather, it's the end and the change she needed after her period of self-regret and reflection. While I can't see myself in some of the characteristics and decisions she makes in the book, I loved reading her journey to the point she needed to prove to herself before she could be a beacon for others around her.
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
slow-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
Felt like I really had to push through some sections without a strong linear plot line to carry me, but kept coming back to follow Mickey despite her faults. Marcella Cox is a great narrator (and Iām picky).
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh-ho... this one was a hard read in such an addictive way.
Aside from the issues Mickey faced, being a black millennial lesbian, it was like an ode to all her personal woes.
Reading from a character's perspective who genuinely only sees her own point of view in a situation and insists in self-sabotaging makes for an enraging yet highly engaging read.
I did think the bulk of the story was going to be about the racism Mickey faced at work and the whirlwind blow out from her penning this open letter to Tweeter about it, so the way the book actually happened was a bit underwhelming- although a cleverer delivery than just going in with this explosive reactionary chain of events.
You can't help but stay with the characters until the very end, though sadly, you do so without seeing much development.
I don't think we were supposed to though, I think it's just a snap shot moment in the MCs life which is so true to reality because none of us gain real life character development over the space of only a few months š šš¾āāļø
Overall, I am glad I read it and would read more by this author.
Aside from the issues Mickey faced, being a black millennial lesbian, it was like an ode to all her personal woes.
Reading from a character's perspective who genuinely only sees her own point of view in a situation and insists in self-sabotaging makes for an enraging yet highly engaging read.
I did think the bulk of the story was going to be about the racism Mickey faced at work and the whirlwind blow out from her penning this open letter to Tweeter about it, so the way the book actually happened was a bit underwhelming- although a cleverer delivery than just going in with this explosive reactionary chain of events.
You can't help but stay with the characters until the very end, though sadly, you do so without seeing much development.
I don't think we were supposed to though, I think it's just a snap shot moment in the MCs life which is so true to reality because none of us gain real life character development over the space of only a few months š šš¾āāļø
Overall, I am glad I read it and would read more by this author.
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes