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Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

528 reviews

khandle3's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring 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

pretty writing, covers important topics as they relate go academia. could have gone without the frequent repetition of full names … the book was too short for that.
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psitstorrie's review

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hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is about finding who you are and how you fit into a world that wasn’t made for you. It’s about finding what’s important and how to be your own person. This book healed something in me. The characters are flawed but so real. I see myself in Grace. My one bit pick is the prose can be a tad repetitive at times, but that truly is just a nit pick. This book is excellent and I would recommend it to anyone struggling with finding a sense of self.
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flantattoo's review

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emotional 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

4.0

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jrane's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Less romantic than I anticipated and I'm not mad at all. The friendships, relationships and family-ships feel so real and brutally honest. Honey Girl made me laugh and cry and feel less lonely in our expansive universe for a little while. I highly recommend for anyone who has ever felt alone and overwhelmed. You are not alone, this book is our siren song.
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msrae89's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-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

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choicepotatoes_20240331's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

a tender, wholesome, heartfelt read.

i was ready to give this five stars until
the birthday montage around two-thirds in, when the author made it clear that the vast majority of the book took place in 2020. suddenly, the whole story became an AU in which covid never happened, as opposed to a believably contemporary romance.

maybe it’s silly, but that one almost throwaway detail toward the end of act two pretty much completely destroyed my suspension of disbelief and made it really difficult for me to settle back into the story.


i loved it until that moment, though, and did eventually wind up getting wrapped up in the story again.
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ehoustonmyatt's review

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emotional
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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kaywhiteley's review against another edition

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hopeful 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

3.75

The good:
  • Lovable characters (for the most part) 
  • Queer found family <3
  • Diverse main characters 
  • Description of burnout and mental illness 

The eh:
  • Some of the dialogue felt incredibly unrealistic to me (like the full names) 
  • The more poetic, lyrical writing was very pretty but sometimes it didn’t mesh with the rest of the book 
  • How the hell was she surviving jobless, jumping from place to place?
  • If my friend told me they were having a bad time and then disappeared off the face of the earth I would be PISSED and I just feel like none of her friends were mad enough

It was a solid, quick, entertaining read but I think I was looking for more. While I related to Grace, I didn’t feel a lot of emotion. 
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alicew4k's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

3.0

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starlightloving's review

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challenging 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

extremely, devastatingly relatable. beautiful prose, wonderful and picturesque imagery, sickening love, foundational and world-shaking friendships. this book had me crying so much. i do believe she will be one of my favorites of all time
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