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sarahscupofcoffee 's review for:
Honey Girl
by Morgan Rogers
This is my process for writing book reviews. I stop 25% into the book to write a summary, so I don't involve spoilers when I write the review upon completion, taking notes throughout the rest of the novel.
My 25% summary was: A debut novel about a woman who gets happy-drunk in Las Vegas and marries a woman she doesn't know. This is pretty much a condensed version of the back-of-the-book description.
I don't think this is actually what the book is about. If you go into this book expecting a swoon-worthy romance that will leave you with giddy butterflies in your stomach, you're going to be disappointed. Grace's story is one of introspection and self discovery.
Grace is holds a PHD in astronomy and is feeling familial pressure to be the best version of herself. Not a bad thing, but it's overwhelming and this image of the "Best Grace" is overpowering the person she wants to become.
Honey Girl is about a woman who drunk-marries a girl in Vegas, sure. It's also about a woman who is about to turn thirty and is beyond stressed out about her career she killed herself to attain. It's about a woman trying to figure out who she really is, despite the family pressure.
It was fantastic. I absolutely loved this book, starting from the very first sentence. The book opens with this beautiful prologue. It's written in second person and resembles poetry in prose. It was a great hook that I crave from other stories now.
Personally, I felt Grace's struggles. As a twenty-eight-year-old who is struggling with her career, I saw a lot of myself in Grace. Approaching 30 is terrifying and it forces you to dive deep into yourself, questioning who you are versus who you want to become.
Although, I do acknowledge that I'm white. I have white privilege on my side, whether I want it or not. Grace faces systemic racism in her field and the social commentary Rogers offers is powerful and profound.
On a side note, I wish Yuki's show was real. I would listen to it. Yuki is Grace's wife and Grace hears her voice for the first time sober through her radio show, which is about supernatural creatures and how they relate to her lonely listeners. It's beautiful and brilliant. I want this show in my life.
I'm one of those nerds who will always read the acknowledgements that close a novel. Usually, the acknowledgements are the same. Thanks Mom, thanks editors, thanks publishers... and so on. However, Rogers adds a closing statement to hers that gave me goosebumps. She's a debut author, so she closed it with: "This is only the beginning. Nice to meet you."
It's nice to meet you, too. I can't wait for your future novels.
My 25% summary was: A debut novel about a woman who gets happy-drunk in Las Vegas and marries a woman she doesn't know. This is pretty much a condensed version of the back-of-the-book description.
I don't think this is actually what the book is about. If you go into this book expecting a swoon-worthy romance that will leave you with giddy butterflies in your stomach, you're going to be disappointed. Grace's story is one of introspection and self discovery.
Grace is holds a PHD in astronomy and is feeling familial pressure to be the best version of herself. Not a bad thing, but it's overwhelming and this image of the "Best Grace" is overpowering the person she wants to become.
Honey Girl is about a woman who drunk-marries a girl in Vegas, sure. It's also about a woman who is about to turn thirty and is beyond stressed out about her career she killed herself to attain. It's about a woman trying to figure out who she really is, despite the family pressure.
It was fantastic. I absolutely loved this book, starting from the very first sentence. The book opens with this beautiful prologue. It's written in second person and resembles poetry in prose. It was a great hook that I crave from other stories now.
Personally, I felt Grace's struggles. As a twenty-eight-year-old who is struggling with her career, I saw a lot of myself in Grace. Approaching 30 is terrifying and it forces you to dive deep into yourself, questioning who you are versus who you want to become.
Although, I do acknowledge that I'm white. I have white privilege on my side, whether I want it or not. Grace faces systemic racism in her field and the social commentary Rogers offers is powerful and profound.
On a side note, I wish Yuki's show was real. I would listen to it. Yuki is Grace's wife and Grace hears her voice for the first time sober through her radio show, which is about supernatural creatures and how they relate to her lonely listeners. It's beautiful and brilliant. I want this show in my life.
I'm one of those nerds who will always read the acknowledgements that close a novel. Usually, the acknowledgements are the same. Thanks Mom, thanks editors, thanks publishers... and so on. However, Rogers adds a closing statement to hers that gave me goosebumps. She's a debut author, so she closed it with: "This is only the beginning. Nice to meet you."
It's nice to meet you, too. I can't wait for your future novels.