A review by lit_vibrations
The Rich People Have Gone Away by Regina Porter

challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Special thanks to the author & @hogarthbooks for my gifted copy‼️

You know how you read something and aren’t sure what you’re reading yet you finish it anyway. That was this book for me cause idk why I finished it. It wasn’t a bad book but it wasn’t a good one either and it lacked structure and direction. 

The entire narrative is stemmed around the Covid-19 pandemic, an argument about ancestral background, and a missing woman. My biggest issue with this was can we really say Darla was missing though? Her presence yes but in reality was she really missing and that annoyed me so bad. Darla and her husband Theo were complete airheads to me. His course of action to find her was giving guilty. All of the side characters and their backstories made me want to throw the book because why is this here? What does this have to do with anything Regina? 

Then Theo and Darla with the open marriage made me spit out my drink. I was not expecting that from Theo IYKYK‼️Overall, the book was meh idk why I gave it a 3 maybe I’m crazy and lost a little common sense after reading this. But I was engaged enough to finish, it just left me more confused than anything afterwards.