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A review by writingcaia
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
challenging
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
4.5
Taking on the trope of ups we got married in Vegas while mega drunk on a ride through mental illness and queerness.
This book was intense, and sad, and filled with characters full of strength but lonely in their plights and fights, forced into facing adversity, sometimes even forced to be someone they might not want to be by their parents. This last part touched me deeply, since I struggled with that a lot and it led me to therapy for the first time.
It’s a book about love at first sight, but the struggle to be loved when you don’t love yourself and when the world made you feel small and unwanted no matter how hard you try, specially if you’re queer and Black.
It’s also about friendship and when to be there for friends and when you should take care of yourself so you can be a better friend.
It’s about mental illness, depression, anxiety, self mutilation, about being gay, bi, polyamory, it’s an open door to hearts and souls.
Loved every bit of it, even if it tastes kind of sad, if it is so true to the lonely lives we live inside ourselves with our traumas.
This book was intense, and sad, and filled with characters full of strength but lonely in their plights and fights, forced into facing adversity, sometimes even forced to be someone they might not want to be by their parents. This last part touched me deeply, since I struggled with that a lot and it led me to therapy for the first time.
It’s a book about love at first sight, but the struggle to be loved when you don’t love yourself and when the world made you feel small and unwanted no matter how hard you try, specially if you’re queer and Black.
It’s also about friendship and when to be there for friends and when you should take care of yourself so you can be a better friend.
It’s about mental illness, depression, anxiety, self mutilation, about being gay, bi, polyamory, it’s an open door to hearts and souls.
Loved every bit of it, even if it tastes kind of sad, if it is so true to the lonely lives we live inside ourselves with our traumas.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Self harm, Racism, and Sexual content