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axel_p's review against another edition
challenging
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
3.0
I liked the cringe t-shirts the characters wore.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia and Racism
arieloley's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
3.0
Took a while for me to get invested, but once I hit mid-way(ish), I finished it super quickly. The author had a very delicate and real way of describing family relationships and parental trauma and what a complex concept family can be. It was really beautiful and diverse.
The radio sessions felt a little cheesy and the stories felt a bit repetitive, but they definitely drove a point home. The love story was very tender and the characters maintained themselves as real people, versus falling into the trope of “perfect partner that does everything for the main character”. I love the way multiple forms of relationships and love were explored.
The radio sessions felt a little cheesy and the stories felt a bit repetitive, but they definitely drove a point home. The love story was very tender and the characters maintained themselves as real people, versus falling into the trope of “perfect partner that does everything for the main character”. I love the way multiple forms of relationships and love were explored.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, and War
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Abandonment
meganeorcx's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Took me a while to get into and then once I did, I could only partially connect to the characters despite there being a lot of relatability. There's a lot of repetition and it felt like it was dragging on, especially towards the end. The story is serious with a sweet tone and I really liked how magical the writing felt. I would love to read something by Morgan Rogers again, but rather with characters that don't read like a fever dream because while it was very intruiging, the execution was just a bit ill-fitting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, and Self harm
mfernandes's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Racism
ekreadsbooks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
4.5
The writing style is beautiful and poetic. I loved the relationships and friendships. This is a wonderful book!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, and Self harm
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts
revengesrose's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, and Self harm
Minor: Alcohol
escapismforlife's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I cannot for the life of me give Honey Girl a 4 star rating. I want to because I related to some of the mental healing. But when it comes to the self-care at many points it felt like avoidance when there were other characters , humans who cared about Grace Porter willingly and able to listen. Thing is not everyone has or will get that. Which is the flaw of the major progress she has for me .
I was patient reading while Grace recovers from being a perfectionist who has a plan laid out for her. One she has been focused on through her late teens and entire twenties. Not to mention recovery from the expectations by her military black dad. And a nomadic mom , whose white, that left her all alone with these pressures.
But she has some tendencies that are straining her relationships. Most often when she gets afraid or overwhelmed and runs from Portland to New York City and then Sansbury, Flordia. It happen every tim she felt the urge to be stubborn and wanted to push her family away. Even those she met over the years.
I'm all for space but she completely didn't let anyone who understood know what was going on with her . Which is okay for someone who has the pressure of a career goal. But a the same its like not like everyone has it together. Like has a full on PhD and those ready to be supportive about the issues in one academic program. But maybe if this was me after eleven years of my life I'd understand it better.
I was patient reading while Grace recovers from being a perfectionist who has a plan laid out for her. One she has been focused on through her late teens and entire twenties. Not to mention recovery from the expectations by her military black dad. And a nomadic mom , whose white, that left her all alone with these pressures.
But she has some tendencies that are straining her relationships. Most often when she gets afraid or overwhelmed and runs from Portland to New York City and then Sansbury, Flordia. It happen every tim she felt the urge to be stubborn and wanted to push her family away. Even those she met over the years.
I'm all for space but she completely didn't let anyone who understood know what was going on with her . Which is okay for someone who has the pressure of a career goal. But a the same its like not like everyone has it together. Like has a full on PhD and those ready to be supportive about the issues in one academic program. But maybe if this was me after eleven years of my life I'd understand it better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
gitruz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
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? No
5.0
I absolutely adore this book. I can't even explain how much.
I read this book because I saw it had a fanfiction trope and i needed a silly light read. It's pretty self-explanatory that a book with this prompth will be cute, and it is in many ways. I love the dynamics of having to get to know your wife, specially when you don't live in the same city. Their funny little chats with each other. That they joke of divorce and wills. I do that with my best friend that I'm kinda married to. And with my best friend I am married to. They also have these cute and reflective phone calls that just warms my heart.
I love all the friends in this book the most, they're extremely well written, dimensional characters. Found family as far as the eye can see. She makes me want better friends. The way book shows platonic love is gorgeous. Platonic love in books, and in real life is very underrated. The language used makes you warm when you read it. Some would call it sickly-sweet, but it's balanced by real life struggles.
Grace as a character are extremely relatable to me, how she's so focused on the path and finishing your degree and then to realise when you are on the other side that you don't know what to do now. How that can really affect you mentally, I see myself in that, specially since she's experiencing it as a 29 year old.
So, even though I went into this book thinking I would just read a lighthearted-book with a fanfic trope, and it definitely was a lot more than that, it was an amazing read.
The whole book just makes me feel bigger than myself. Read it!
I read this book because I saw it had a fanfiction trope and i needed a silly light read. It's pretty self-explanatory that a book with this prompth will be cute, and it is in many ways. I love the dynamics of having to get to know your wife, specially when you don't live in the same city. Their funny little chats with each other. That they joke of divorce and wills. I do that with my best friend that I'm kinda married to. And with my best friend I am married to. They also have these cute and reflective phone calls that just warms my heart.
I love all the friends in this book the most, they're extremely well written, dimensional characters. Found family as far as the eye can see. She makes me want better friends. The way book shows platonic love is gorgeous. Platonic love in books, and in real life is very underrated. The language used makes you warm when you read it. Some would call it sickly-sweet, but it's balanced by real life struggles.
Grace as a character are extremely relatable to me, how she's so focused on the path and finishing your degree and then to realise when you are on the other side that you don't know what to do now. How that can really affect you mentally, I see myself in that, specially since she's experiencing it as a 29 year old.
So, even though I went into this book thinking I would just read a lighthearted-book with a fanfic trope, and it definitely was a lot more than that, it was an amazing read.
The whole book just makes me feel bigger than myself. Read it!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness and Self harm
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail
stoopy's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness and Racism
Minor: Self harm
midnightbelles's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-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
4.0
I really enjoyed reading this.
I heard a lot of mixed reviews for this but I decided to go into it with an open mind and I’m happy I did. This isn’t exactly a romance, more so a story of a woman trying to find her place in the world after her graduation but the romance that was present was really enjoyable. As a black queer woman struggling to find my place in the academic and real world this book really hit home for me and I found myself relating to everything that Grace (or Porter) felt. There were some questionable moments from her friends and Yuki but overall reading about her trying to find her place and deal with the overwhelming expectations of life after graduation was really enjoyable.
I heard a lot of mixed reviews for this but I decided to go into it with an open mind and I’m happy I did. This isn’t exactly a romance, more so a story of a woman trying to find her place in the world after her graduation but the romance that was present was really enjoyable. As a black queer woman struggling to find my place in the academic and real world this book really hit home for me and I found myself relating to everything that Grace (or Porter) felt. There were some questionable moments from her friends and Yuki but overall reading about her trying to find her place and deal with the overwhelming expectations of life after graduation was really enjoyable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm
Moderate: Racism and Alcohol
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexism