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lbrumfield 's review for:
Margo's Got Money Troubles
by Rufi Thorpe
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Shit, y’all. I literally could not put down Margo’s Got Money Troubles. It is 3:40 am here and I finished the book six hours after I started it, having planned to just read a few chapters before going to sleep at a reasonable hour.
The breakneck speed at which Margot makes life changing decisions without giving them a good hard stare feels very correct for a 19-year-old, but also slightly off. Margot reads as a young woman slightly distanced from her own reality, and carefully avoids giving emotional weight to much of anything, even to having a baby, but her self-awareness to narrate her story by flipping between omnipotent third person and first person, even breaking the fourth wall to comment that she uses third person for emotionally difficult scenes, contradicts that blasé emotional approach. However, Thorpe is forgiven this misstep for correctly portraying the life-changing, humbling, grueling reality of parenting, and the overwhelming love that obliterates the importance of anything that came before the child.
It’s honestly rare to see such a portrayal. The only other book I can think of in that category was Circe.
Which is all to say yes, you should read this book.
The breakneck speed at which Margot makes life changing decisions without giving them a good hard stare feels very correct for a 19-year-old, but also slightly off. Margot reads as a young woman slightly distanced from her own reality, and carefully avoids giving emotional weight to much of anything, even to having a baby, but her self-awareness to narrate her story by flipping between omnipotent third person and first person, even breaking the fourth wall to comment that she uses third person for emotionally difficult scenes, contradicts that blasé emotional approach. However, Thorpe is forgiven this misstep for correctly portraying the life-changing, humbling, grueling reality of parenting, and the overwhelming love that obliterates the importance of anything that came before the child.
It’s honestly rare to see such a portrayal. The only other book I can think of in that category was Circe.
Which is all to say yes, you should read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual harassment
Minor: Violence