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sarah_elaine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, and Grief
sarafrancesreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Thank you to #NetGalley and @putnambooks @penguinbooks for allowing me to read #ComeandGetIt by @kileyreid 💰🐷
⭐️Rating:4/5 ⭐️
Synopsis: “From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.
It’s 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie’s starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue.
A fresh and intimate portrait of desire, consumption, and reckless abandon, Come and Get It is a tension-filled story about money, indiscretion, and bad behavior—and the highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed and award-winning author Kiley Reid.”
My thoughts: Wow, this book was like a train wreck 🚂🤯 it had me queasy and unsettled; however, I couldn’t look away! Kiley Reid does not wrap things up in a pretty little bow, but rather let’s you sit in the uncomfortable, which is somewhat unique and something I appreciated about this book. The characters in this book grapple with money—what it means to them, to others, and the influence it has on all of our lives. The unethical behaviors had me cringing throughout, but it does comment on the lengths some people will go to for money, and other will use money to get what they want. Overall, I enjoyed the complexities and thought-provoking story and would recommend #ComeandGetIt
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use
alisonvh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
jocelynzoe's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
emilyatthelibrary's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, and Death of parent
booksicle's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Come and Get It has a rich cast of characters that we find in a small snapshot of their lives. A Professor going through a breakup, an RA with big hopes and dreams, and many smaller roles that fill up the voids and create complicated situations that you'd find on a college campus. I'd akin it to being similar to a game of telephone, with so many convoluted and twisted words, thoughts, and feelings that would arise when we don't have the full story or the full picture.
The audience feels like apart of this book, the bystander that has all of the important details and information and yet we are simply that, an observer of this story unfolding and gnarling before our eyes.
I'd recommend this to someone who wants a realistic, character driven story that mimics real life in an incredible and artistic way. Kiley Reid has a unique voice, and I can see not everyone being hooked with it so give the first few chapters a read first and then decide if you'll take the plunge.
Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, and Blood
Moderate: Bullying and Grief
Minor: Racism
hollywobble's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Biphobia, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Classism
kayleighr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
bookselm's review
- 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
Graphic: Animal death and Self harm
Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Minor: Eating disorder