A review by bubandjonesy
Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Come and Get It, a novel set largely at the University of Arkansas, has a lot going on! I loved Reid’s Such a Fun Age, so my expectations were really high for this. At first, the structure and the number of characters had me worried. I wasn’t sure if I was following that well, and I had a hard time feeling connected to the characters. But of course I should have trusted Reid, because by about halfway through, I was hooked, reading late into the night and starting up again in the morning. There were times where I found it difficult to believe that certain characters would actually make the choices they were making, but I was able to put that aside and enjoy (or, feel the tension of? certainly feel invested in!) the story. Now that I’ve finished it I am eager for a friend to read it so we can discuss it. And once again, I can’t wait to see what Reid writes next. Thank you to NetGalley and Putnam Books for providing a digital review copy. 
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