Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - Come & Get It

This was so fascinating. Mundane yet intriguing, strange yet familiar. Gotta be in the mood for it though. And have time– if I took long breaks, I would have been so lost coming back. It’s what I’d call a flexible read if you can get invested in the story. Could go with the flow just watching what happens or dissect all the nuanced commentary.

Energy: Desultory. Jaunty. Perceptive.

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Realistic well-developed characters and dialogue [take character notes, there are many]. Fine-tuned, very detailed character appearances and settings [could feel like too much detail if you aren’t a mind’s eye reader or prefer to customize your imaginings]. The randomness. Just taking it all in and watching things unfold. How the character arcs and plot points start to interconnect. Writing style that is almost jolting at times.

Scene: 🇺🇸 Set in Fayetteville, Arkansas, mostly at the University of Arkansas.

Perspectives (3): A professor with relationship struggles starts a new writing project but gets sidetracked during their research. A residential assistant majoring in Hospitality Management is eager to start their adult life after taking a break to help their mother out. A transfer student is nervous about their new school but hoping to make friends and put their past behind them.

Timeline: 2017 mostly. Takes place over the academic term, so it’s multi-season with summer breaks, autumn chill, and winter festivities.

🔥 Fuel: Character investment. Parallel plots. Evolving relationships between characters. What’s the deal with ____? Almost everyone is a little mysterious in that way getting to know someone can be.

📖 Cred: Hyper realistic with a based-on-a-true-story feel.

Mood Reading Match-Up:

Febreze. Candy perfume. Lanyard jingles. Dryer sheets. Wet laundry. Frozen pizza. Music from laptop speakers. Shea cream. Deodorant. Whole Foods. Christmas albums. Dirty dishes.

Thrown in the story, figure it out as you go
Slice-of-life University life randomness
Dorm life, roommate drama and dysfunction, friendship and relationship struggles
‘No plot, just vibes’ vibe
Nothing happens…unless you look closer
Detailed descriptions and world-building
Many morally grey and unlikeable characters (ymmv)
Parallel character studies that gradually overlap
Exploration and social commentary around race, class, academia, and finances/consumerism
Questionable journalism, getting the tea
Psychological mystery/suspense driven by character investment
You Never Know What Someone Is Going Through complexities
Fly on the wall, observation driven narratives

Content Heads-Up: Prejudice, bias (ignorance, comments; sexuality, race). Cannabis use (medicinal, recreational). Adderall (recreational). Glaucoma. Relationship breakdown (finances, resentment). Loneliness. Suicidal thoughts. Social anxiety. Dog death (very brief but on page). Sexual content (brief; intoxicated/regretful but coherent, meaningless, consenting, experimenting). Substance abuse (anti-anxiety, recreational). Tietze Syndrome.

Rep: Black, Biracial, Indigenous, and White Americans. Mexican, Irish-Danish, ancestry. Diverse bodies (above avg height, pear shaped, gapped teeth). Lesbian. Questioning. Hetero. Cisgender. Pale pink, rosy brown, tan, and very dark brown skin tones. Crohn’s Disease.

📚 Format: Library Digital

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brynpemery's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Kiley Reid is so good at writing characters that you simultaneously despise and want to root for. Everybody in this makes awful choices! But still, I want the best for them. This book stressed me out a little to read because the cascade of bad decisions was just so much, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. And because I’m wary of this and looked a bit for answers but couldn’t find one, the animal death content warning is:

one character is wracked by guilt over accidentally killing a dog. The incident is described in a flashback and is not gory but if you need to be prepared, it’s in the chapter where Kennedy talks about being the golden girl

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drymice's review

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emotional funny relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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clairebartholomew549's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I'm not sure how to feel about this book. I should probably stop reading reviews before I read books, because I saw a review that said this book had no plot, and maybe it colored my view of this book. Or maybe it didn't, because honestly this book has no plot. It's more accurately described as a character or environment study, and the dorm atmosphere is fascinating to dive into. The tableau is really interesting, and I enjoyed seeing every character's perspective. But I would have liked some insight into Tyler, Jenna, and Casey - I realize it was part of the point to only see them through the other characters' eyes, but it certainly flattened them. And at the end of the book, I was confused what the point was. I found Such a Fun Age really interesting and dynamic, so this one was disappointing to me.

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