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A review by caro_mac
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
0.5
Such a fun premise, such an insufferable book.
A type-A Black lesbian woman in STEM gets married while drunk in Vegas? It’s a great set-up. But this book has no tension of any consequence. After reconnecting in chapter 3, Grace and her new wife are immediately on board with their relationship. There’s no navigating their dynamics as a couple, struggling through the differences they wouldn’t have seen in the few hours before they got married. It feels utterly unbelievable.
Any conflict that emerges between characters is immediately resolved and never comes up again. Throw a drink in your friend’s face? Doesn’t matter. Four pages later, it’s back to meaningless quippy banter.
The language was repetitive (Grace Porter, sea salt and sage, love you so much it hurts, honey girl, star girl, space girl) and the characters all shades of the same quirky and insufferable. Oh my god I had to drag myself through this book.
A type-A Black lesbian woman in STEM gets married while drunk in Vegas? It’s a great set-up. But this book has no tension of any consequence. After reconnecting in chapter 3, Grace and her new wife are immediately on board with their relationship. There’s no navigating their dynamics as a couple, struggling through the differences they wouldn’t have seen in the few hours before they got married. It feels utterly unbelievable.
Any conflict that emerges between characters is immediately resolved and never comes up again. Throw a drink in your friend’s face? Doesn’t matter. Four pages later, it’s back to meaningless quippy banter.
The language was repetitive (Grace Porter, sea salt and sage, love you so much it hurts, honey girl, star girl, space girl) and the characters all shades of the same quirky and insufferable. Oh my god I had to drag myself through this book.