It seems this book is not for everyone, but it is definitely for me! If you enjoy character studies focused on the minutiae of every day lives, conversation, thoughts, and habits written by an author who keenly observes all of the above, I think you'll enjoy this one. There really is no discernible plot beyond following a group of very different women throughout the course of a semester at a the University of Arkansas. I love how Kiley Reid can take such inocuous things like the quirk of someone's eyebrow, the tone of their voice, the color of their sweatshirt, what the buy and don't buy...and reveal so much about them through this seeminly insignificant things. I enjoyed Millie's and Kennedy's POV chapters (especiall Kennedy's) more than Agatha's but overall I really enjoyed this. This is one to take your time reading, really dissecting these characters. And while there is very little plot I found the last few chapters to be very page-turning. I'll read anything Kiley Reid writes!

Loved this niche book that took place at a university in Arkansas. It was chaos in the best way - the only downfall is the number of characters - sometimes a bit hard to keep up with.

This book felt like nostalgia for me. Nostalgia back to college to being a college student and navigating everything that comes with that. It follows messy people making messy decisions with maybe not much more plot than that, but I loved it. Even though I hated so many of the characters. Can't wait to read more from this author.

lot of people hating on this book on twitter but i thought it was fine! i enjoyed reading it! such interesting characters! a simple and understated plot! descriptions that were easy to visualize! yay!

I was reluctant to read this book since I did not love Such A Fun Age. I will say that I was immediately pulled into this story from the first couple of pages. What unfolded was a college age drama where we think the main characters are behaving badly but honestly are just like any other character that we find in college.

I did enjoy Agatha's back story and thought that added a nice twist.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin for allowing me to read an early copy of this book!

I really enjoyed this book--Kiley Reid in incredible at realistically but respectfully writing in the voice of multiple young women. Their dialogue is realistic but doesn't feel condescending. Definitely a slow burn but I felt like the payoff was worth it.

Was a fan of the authors debut and was looking forward to this read. It did not disappoint. There is something so punchy but quiet about her writing, it really speaks to me.

Come and Get It was the first of Kiley Reid's two books that I've read. I typically find it difficult to know which literary fiction stories I will enjoy, and I have a lot of unfortunate misses. Come and Get It was not a miss for me! I was entertained by this story and the interactions between the characters. I do find that I enjoy character work and don't always need a fast moving plot to draw me in. I look forward to reading Reid's backlist novel and anything she does in the future.

There's something about the snarky, observational way Kylie Reid writes that I love ("𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨."), and this character-driven story set predominantly in college dorms smartly examines race, money, and friendship. Not a lot happens but it still made me think. I can see why it was a GMA Book Club selection.

Thanks to Putnam Books for the copy to review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for my ARC copy! This review contains my personal thoughts and opinions.

I'm going to keep this review simple. "Come And Get It" unfortunately failed to deliver for me. I was interested in the premise of the book, but I felt that there was no real plot. The book really only had excessive and verbose dialogue which made it feel very slow.

Additionally, the lack of a clear climax made the story feel stagnant and directionless. Without a significant turning point or jaw-dropping moment, the story failed to engage me on a deeper level. I was a big fan of "Such A Fun Age" but highly disappointed in "Come And Get It".

Rating: 2/5

Come and Get It was a great satirical read. I appreciated the college campus setting. Reid has great commentary on the harm that can come from groupthink

I adored Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, so I had to pick up Come and Get It, and was not disappointed! This is a story of young hijinx meets mayhem, set in a college where anything and everything happens. Heavily character-driven, you'll dive deeper and deeper into the complex world of constantly chasing money, power, and influence.

I started this and it just didn't grip me. Unlike her first novel, I felt immediately out to sea and after 30 or so pages, I gave up. I might have to come back to it, but for now it's a DNF.

Very heavy on Character study and development so if that's something you enjoy then this is one you will enjoy. For me, i was hoping for at least a little plot but overall was a good story.

I loved every moment of this book. The way the character threads weave together keep me turning pages well into the night - I just HAD to see how the climax would play out as all of these characters' worlds and perspectives collided. A there was a big payoff at the end; such an entertaining and satisfying read.

Character study with very little plot. Great writing with (kind of) humor, (kind of) satire, and (kind of) a punch in the face. The characters were equally awful and also just kind of - normal? Like normal in that everyone is f*cked up in their own weird way.

Sadly, this one was hard for me to get into and I could not find a plot which I tend to notice with this author.

DNF @ 30%. Very character driven with too many different characters. If there is a plot I have not gotten to it yet. Thank you netgalley for the ARC.

I didn’t love this quite as much as I did Kiley Reid’s first book, which is to date one of my favorite fun reads of the last few years. That being said, I am a little surprised that people seem to be so frustrated and annoyed by this book (to a certain extent).

The issues I had with this book are in line with a lot of the other criticism it’s received. The book has a LOT of characters to keep track of. The book’s not-quite-linear but also not-non-linear storyline is kind of a headache and doesn’t really serve much of a purpose. The book is extremely character-driven without much of an overarching plot. Honestly the biggest issue I had was the absolutely mind boggling way that this book starts out and characters are introduced. The first 10-15% was so impossible to follow or keep track of characters, I was shocked at how unpleasant of a reading experience it was.

So, listen - I get it. I think all the criticism is fair and warranted and I also struggled with parts of this book. To me, though, almost all the issues I have were far outweighed by how brilliantly Kiley Reid writes dialogue. This was SO FUNNY in so many quippy little one-liners, and I just don’t think you could possibly ask for more rich characters especially in a book that’s so character focused. I felt like everyone in this book was so well developed and so perfectly forces you to wrestle the question of what differentiates a good person who sometimes does bad things, from a bad person who sometimes does good things.

My unpopular opinion is this would have been 5-stars for me had I not hated and struggled the beginning so much. Will absolutely enthusiastically continue to read whatever Kiley Reid writes.

Come and Get it by Kiley Reid is essentially a satirical take on doing what it takes to get to the top. Wealth, success, education, and a bunch of characters I could hardly relate to,. Race and ethics come into play, which is normally something I love, this just didn't do it for me.

Millie Cousins, a senior RA at the university of Arkansas has a chance encounter with a visiting professor Agatha Paul, and hopes to secure her future. This is essentially a character driven story, but I found that quite a few of them were forgettable and just surface level. Power and money eventually become some of the hot topics, but I found it mostly boring and the "bad behavior" predictable.