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coffincandy 's review for:
Come & Get It
by Kiley Reid
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This book is all vibes, no plot. It did not work for the narrative and I could not get past the insufferable characters.
As a woman who grew up and went to college in Arkansas, I was constantly annoyed by the way southern college women are depicted in this book. I was a sophomore/junior in the year this book is set and NO ONE I knew acted or talked like these characters.
The author’s note mentions that she interviewed many University of Arkansas students and modeled her characters after them, but it did not seem like it.
Instead of portraying real people, it seems that she picked a couple of bad traits/negative stereotypes and amplified them for the sake of creating over-the-top unlikable characters.
ONE of the main characters was okay, but super bland. I could relate to another character in ways, but I couldn’t figure out why some of the story was from her pov because her plot line seemed to go nowhere and meant very little (just like the other plot lines, honestly, hence the emphasis on vibes).
This is more nit-picky, but it was also unrealistic to put the professor in Maxine’s Tap Room to grade papers and write/research. I’ve been to that bar, and no way is the lighting or atmosphere conducive to doing professor work! It’s loud and dark af in there!
The only thing I really enjoyed was being able to recognize the Fayetteville references and think “hehe I’ve been there; I know where/what that is!”
Woo pig, it’s a no from me. (I think I’m done with this author, too, because Such a Fun Age was just okay)
As a woman who grew up and went to college in Arkansas, I was constantly annoyed by the way southern college women are depicted in this book. I was a sophomore/junior in the year this book is set and NO ONE I knew acted or talked like these characters.
The author’s note mentions that she interviewed many University of Arkansas students and modeled her characters after them, but it did not seem like it.
Instead of portraying real people, it seems that she picked a couple of bad traits/negative stereotypes and amplified them for the sake of creating over-the-top unlikable characters.
ONE of the main characters was okay, but super bland. I could relate to another character in ways, but I couldn’t figure out why some of the story was from her pov because her plot line seemed to go nowhere and meant very little (just like the other plot lines, honestly, hence the emphasis on vibes).
This is more nit-picky, but it was also unrealistic to put the professor in Maxine’s Tap Room to grade papers and write/research. I’ve been to that bar, and no way is the lighting or atmosphere conducive to doing professor work! It’s loud and dark af in there!
The only thing I really enjoyed was being able to recognize the Fayetteville references and think “hehe I’ve been there; I know where/what that is!”
Woo pig, it’s a no from me. (I think I’m done with this author, too, because Such a Fun Age was just okay)