pjsparkles822 's review for:

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I haven't been so touched by a book in a really long time truly. Grace is a young woman that has always followed a plan, go to school, get good grades, graduate, get a job, but she makes a choice that is quite outside the plan and on the way to "fixing" it she goes on one of the most beautiful and relatable journey's of self discovery I have ever read. This book gave me language for my struggles as a young Black female academic that had a plan only to have the plan go off the rails, the struggles of being told you weren't enough based simply on your appearance, the pressure of family expectations, just whew child I loved this book so much. Honey Girl is really special to me and I'm grateful another Morgan helped me understand parts of myself I had long given up on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm