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A review by lialeahlio
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Did not finish book.
DNF at 45%.. I'm sad that I can't continue to read this book. I know how well loved this book is by my friends but it's just one of those cases where a book becomes too overwhelming for me to handle.
I still highly recommend this book to readers that like lyrical writing. Morgan Rogers' prose is beautiful and it pulls you in like a sickly sweet spell that hypnotizes you the moment you start reading. It is a story about vulnerability, self love, and self acceptance. A story that is written as a love letter to all the wandering souls that is trying to figure out their path and find their true identity, like a flower trying to bloom between the cracks of concrete.
The representation in this book is stacked. The variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, personality, and the immense presence each character emanates is amazing. Anyone can find a little piece of themselves in the cast of characters Morgan Rogers has created. Truly, a wonderful debut book from a promising writer.
Trigger Warnings : discussion and depictions of mental illness, self-harm (scratching skin, nails digging into skin as anxiety coping mechanism), past suicide attempt by side character, depictions of anti-Blackness and homophobia in the academic and corporate settings, casual alcohol consumption, minor drug use (marijuana), discussions of racism experienced by all characters of color, past limb amputation due to war injury (side character), past parent death (side character)
I still highly recommend this book to readers that like lyrical writing. Morgan Rogers' prose is beautiful and it pulls you in like a sickly sweet spell that hypnotizes you the moment you start reading. It is a story about vulnerability, self love, and self acceptance. A story that is written as a love letter to all the wandering souls that is trying to figure out their path and find their true identity, like a flower trying to bloom between the cracks of concrete.
The representation in this book is stacked. The variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, personality, and the immense presence each character emanates is amazing. Anyone can find a little piece of themselves in the cast of characters Morgan Rogers has created. Truly, a wonderful debut book from a promising writer.
Trigger Warnings : discussion and depictions of mental illness, self-harm (scratching skin, nails digging into skin as anxiety coping mechanism), past suicide attempt by side character, depictions of anti-Blackness and homophobia in the academic and corporate settings, casual alcohol consumption, minor drug use (marijuana), discussions of racism experienced by all characters of color, past limb amputation due to war injury (side character), past parent death (side character)