After reading Such a Fun Age and loving it I wanted to read Come and Get It. This one just didn't hit the mark as well as Such a Fun Age. I had a hard time getting into it.

Thank you for the ARC for my honest review.

I didn’t mean to spend almost 4 months on this one but I just wasn’t invested in any of the characters’ motivations as the cast of characters is very large with uneven amounts of care provided to each character. towards the end there were some interesting and subtle dynamics around race and wealth but the build up was lackluster.

Thank you Kiley Reid, Penguin Group, and NeGalley for this early release. I read this awhile back and now catching up on reviews.

This was on odd book for me. I didn't quite get the purpose at first but the intertwined experiences between the characters was interesting to see unfold. I did enjoy the book but unfortunately it wasn't a favorite or going to leave a lasting impression but I'd definitely still read what Kiley Reid puts out. Thank you again. 3.5/5

Agatha, a writer living in NYC, decides to take a year to become a visiting professor at the University of Arkansas. After an enlightening interview with a few privileged, white college girls for a book about weddings, she veers in a different, albeit not very ethical, direction. She enlists help from Milly, a dorm RA, and one of the few Black people regularly seen on campus. Their actions inadvertently cause problems among several of the students, culminating in near disaster.
I found this to be an engaging story, that tackles race and class issues with humor and wit.
Thanks to #netgalley and #gpputnamssons for this #arc of #comeandgetit by #kileyreid in exchange for an honest review.

This book was both laugh-out-loud hilarious and painfully heart-wrenching. Kiley Reid is is an incredible reader of human behavior and it come through in all of her characters. Come and Get it is told from the perspective of three women going through change. Agatha is a writer and professor fresh off a breakup with her long-term partner. Millie is a resident assistant who's back at school after a year off to help her mother through a health issue. Kennedy is a student starting fresh at a new university after experiencing tragedy at her last one. These characters were relatable, complex and not entirely likeable, which is often a turn off to some readers, but to me if you can ride the line of unlikeable character that I still care about job well done! I really enjoyed this one!

I enjoyed reading Such a Fun Age, and I thought the humor and snark were the perfect way to showcase the racial injustice and social issues the story presented. I expected something similar with this book, but I was left disappointed and wanting more. Although there were similar themes, they were so far in the background that the book lost a lot of its oomph. There were just so many characters with their own backstories that weren't necessary to the plot. I really wanted a convergence of interconnectedness at the end that I just didn't get. This book left me underwhelmed and sorry that I had spent so much time investing in the story.

Wow, this book transported me back to dorm life -- which I have mixed feelings about. As a fan of Reid's previous novel SUCH A FUN AGE, I was excited to get my hands on her latest -- COME AND GET IT -- but I went into this book pretty blind and I'm glad that I did. This type of book is not for everyone -- there is little action within the plot, but a lot of was said. Themes of consumption, money, power, and race all play a massive role in the story. This would make a great book club book.

I am deeply grateful to Netgalley and Putnam for access to the e-arc of Come and Get It. Oh how I wanted to love this book. Kiley Reid is one of my favorite writers, and that is still true after reading this. However, this specific book didn't do it for me. This is all vibes, followed by character, with plot falling in a distant third, which just doesn't align with my personal taste. I struggled with these characters and was never able to find my footing in the story. That said, I think this book is still beautifully written and still very much look forward to Reid's next work.

If you like books that are just a snapshot of time with zero point or plot then this is for you. But otherwise…this one probably should’ve stayed on a word doc.
I will say I loved the details of Fayetteville bc I grew up there and it made me miss home. But that’s the only thing that got me through this book and I doubt others had the same hometown as me.

Great writing, as expected from Kiley Reid. However, this was not my favorite read from her. It was difficult to connect with any of the characters, but it won't deter me from picking up her next book.

A sharp, funny character study of an entire generation. This book begins as a slice-of-life story about a bunch of women at a college, but by the end, it unfurls an incisive comentary on class, consumerism, and the cost of getting what you want.

This just isn't my type of book unfortunately. I was dragging my feet to continue to pick it up and get through it. Nothing really captured my attention, but I know a lot of people have loved this book and this authors writing style.

Not for me, but I was just pretty neutral about it. It definitely wasn't bad, just not for me!

Come and Get It has been a polarizing book this year - but I loved it! I was captivated by the campus scene in northwest Arkansas and all the bad choices that our characters made.

The writing is engaging and Kiley Reid is so good at weaving story elements together. The story gets crazier as the book progresses and once everything comes together, it’s kind of like whoa, all those little details did matter. I had a little bit of trouble keeping track of the characters at first, but that’s not because of the writing, just because there are a lot of characters.

Thanks to NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Wow I really enjoyed this!!!! Even though this was fiction, the characters and dialogue were so specific and realistic that it felt like the author had shadowed some of my conversations from undergrad at a large southern school. It was truly on point, coming from a reader who was in undergrad during the same time period at a big southern school. Such great themes about the inner workings of female relationships, micro aggressions, gossip, power and money, at college and beyond. I’ll be thinking about these characters for awhile. Kiley Reid is an auto buy author for me now.

I never got the chance to pick up Such a Fun Age when it came out, but if Kiley wrote anything like she did in this book, I can see why that book was popular. First of all, she made relatable characters and put them into a twisted situation. Then she made an ending that probably never would have been predictable to any reader. I loved this read from beginning to end.

One thing about me is I love a good plot. Plot is what often drives me to continue reading a book and unfortunately this book did not hit that mark.

What did save this book for me is Kiley Reid’s writing. She has a way of exposing characters that is both jaw dropping and comedic.

Overall I enjoyed this book for what it was. It was an okay read. I felt disconnected for most of the story but it’s not a bad book by any means.

I was fully prepared not to like this but it was strangely engrossing, and the ending was more satisfying than expected. A whole lot of college drama in the middle.

Kiley Reid expertly shows us that she is not a one hit wonder, but in fact an author who is endlessly capable of capturing contemporary dynamic characters as they exist and persist through relatable experiences and hardships. If you are drawn to financial relationship differences or queer collegiate power dynamics and stories that explore the way we internalize judgement from the world around us then this book is for you.

I feel terribly because I finished this book a month ago and I still don't know how to rate it. I don't think you really can rate this book. What's interesting to me is that a publisher was comfortable with an author writing a book where the first 80% was character based and the last 20% was plot. That's a lot of patience to ask for in a reader and I can see why the reviews are so mixed. I come at this book with a background in higher education (not ResLife though), but I had lots of friends in Res Life and lived in dorms myself.

I think this book would have almost fit better as a sociological study/fiction? I think this could be discussed in some of my graduate courses, but as frontlist fiction I can see where people really struggled. If you had no interest in college life, this wouldn't be for you.

As for Ms. Reid's writing and attention to detail with nuances in character...it was a 5 star read. She is a wonderful writer. The audiobook was done very well and the narrator did a great job. I'm glad I listened to this because reading it would have been a lot slower. Would absolutely recommend listening to the audio for this book.