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A review by rlongford
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
2.0
**2.5**
This fell really flat for me. I understand that this was a debut novel for the author and I look forward to seeing their writing evolve with more experience.
There was way too much repetition in the book for things like the characters' last name (I don't ever want to here the name Porter for a loooong time). I understand what the author was trying to do by repeating Porter/Colonel/Porter's don't cry, in an attempt to really hone in on the coldness and militant style relationship/expectations Grace experiences. But I think using that in moderation and not on seemingly every other page would make it more impactful and wouldn't annoy the reader nearly as much.
The storyline has so much potential but repetitive (repetitiveness is the theme in my experience with the text) phrases and themes really stalled this book out less then half of the way through. The interactions throughout the entire book felt like a hallmark movie/telenovela and just overall not realistic.
This fell really flat for me. I understand that this was a debut novel for the author and I look forward to seeing their writing evolve with more experience.
There was way too much repetition in the book for things like the characters' last name (I don't ever want to here the name Porter for a loooong time). I understand what the author was trying to do by repeating Porter/Colonel/Porter's don't cry, in an attempt to really hone in on the coldness and militant style relationship/expectations Grace experiences. But I think using that in moderation and not on seemingly every other page would make it more impactful and wouldn't annoy the reader nearly as much.
The storyline has so much potential but repetitive (repetitiveness is the theme in my experience with the text) phrases and themes really stalled this book out less then half of the way through. The interactions throughout the entire book felt like a hallmark movie/telenovela and just overall not realistic.