I had a hard time reading and getting through this book. Millie tries to be strong and is swayed by Agatha. Agatha seems to have a way with words and has success by using her words.

Kiley Reid is a great writer and it is easy to get caught up in her writing. However, the plot was lacking and nothing much happened in the book. I preferred her first book, and this one didn't have enough to keep me engaged. However, since she writes so well, I would definitely try another book by her in the future

DNF at 58%.
Y’all this book. I really enjoyed Such a Fun Age so when I got approved for this book on NetGalley, I was SO excited. But holy smokes. The stakes could not have been lower and there were so many characters it was hard to keep track of who was associated with what sub-plot (was there even a main plot tho??). If you like character-driven stories with no real discernible plot, you may enjoy this one more than I did. But as for me and my kindle, it’s time to set this one down.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy!

Thank you Kiley Reid and publishers for this eARC. I loved Such a Fun Age and was hoping to feel the same way about this one. I think the character development overshadowed any semblance of a story line. I struggled to finish this one which really bummed me out.

This novel was not what I was expecting, but I ended up really enjoying it. It was very heavy on characterization and not so much on plot. I liked reading a college based novel that focused on an RA POV because that isn’t something I see often. Overall, it’s a good second novel from Kiley Reid and I would recommend it!

A coming of age story that touches on many issues, racism, LGBTQIA and sexuality..
This is a slow burn read that is also thought provoking!
Thank you NetGalley, Putnam Books and the author for the ARC.
Pub Date: January 30, 2024.

Like so many other readers, I was all in for Kiley Reid's sophomore novel, after devouring Such a Fun Age. Reid shows her range, as Come and Get It, while retaining its piercing look at social issues, is a huge departure from her first novel. Reid's writing is clever, insightful, perceptive, and her themes deep and compelling. She gives readers a glimpse of college life in 2017 that is both unique and disturbing. Many thanks to PENGUIN GROUP Putnam and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion. 3.5/5 stars.

A cleverly crafted coming of age story. Very enjoyable.
Many thanks to PENGUIN GROUP Putnam and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Wow. What a tense, uncomfortable, slow burn of a book. This is a departure from Such a Fun Age in a lot of ways, but the sharp, thoughtful underlying commentary on race and class remains. The characters are mostly unlikeable, the plot is slow, and if you can believe it, I mean all of that in a good way.

The mixed reviews had me skeptical, but ultimately I think this book is really unique and absolutely worth the read. Rounding up from 3.5 stars.

Millie Cousins is a senior RA at the University of Arkansas, saving to buy a house and build a home. When visiting professor Agatha Paul has an unusual job offer for her, Millie is all in. This is a portrait of modern day college life — wealth, desire, indiscretion and bad behavior. It’s a slice of life and I was sucked into the story. The writing is really stellar and the characters are well done.

I gave it a good shot, but this is the first book I had to DNF out of over 175 e-arcs. I made it to 40% and just could not keep my attention. Thank you for the opportunity to give this a try. 1 star

I was personally unimpressed by the unremarkable characters and plot. I am quite sure there will be others who enjoy reading about the goings-on at a southern college but this book fell short of my expectations for Reid after the success of her debut novel.

Every character in Come and Get It—save for maybe one, Kennedy—is a complete caricature. They’re all crude sketches of different types of people that Kiley Reid wants to… satirize? Is this a satire? The emotional peaks in the story are so earnestly written that I’m inclined to think Reid wants them to feel somewhat believable and they’re just not. I like reading unlikable characters, but I don’t like the almost seething tone of this novel. It felt like on almost every page I was meant to think “aren’t college students just the worst?” Well yeah, when they’re written this ungenerously and unsympathetically, sure.

I realized a little over half way through that I was enjoying the chapters from Kennedy’s perspective so much more because she was the only character in the novel that Reid hadn’t written with utter contempt. She did more than just say clunky dialogue meant to annoy the reader and actually had depth and interiority (unlike Millie, who is allegedly the novel’s protagonist).

Just awful all around, unfortunately. I was so sure I would enjoy this because of how much love Reid's debut novel received (I've yet to read Such a Fun Age myself) but this sophomore novel is a complete misfire.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance review copy in return for an honest review. I really enjoyed following the lives of everyone at the college. There wasn’t a typical story arc which some people might find annoying but I liked it.

I think I just didn’t “get” it. I can understand the appeal of a novel that takes a broad, rambling approach to the ins and outs of college life, but there was nothing that kept me interested or compelled by any of the central characters. What could have been messy and complicated just became a series of scenes where I didn’t much care about the outcome. I liked Millie best as a narrator and could have spent the whole book in her head.

The protagonists, Millie and Agatha, were likable enough, but most of the book seemed to be about a grown woman posting pointless stories and interviews on social media. The whole book was written in some kind of code that possibly only cool kids would be able to decipher.
38 year old Agatha was supposedly gathering information at a college in Arkansas about wedding traditions among young people, but it never went any further, so I imagine it must be meant ironically? She had a complicated marriage of convenience with a young dancer who needed her health insurance.
Agatha met up with Millie, an ambitious student, who supported herself and her mother with 3 jobs, one of which was a RA at the the college. Millie's goal was to buy a house and Agatha paid her to "help" gather information about the students in her charge, which was so confusing and unethical that it was kind of funny, but also weird and disjointed. The endless student conversations about nothing other than themselves was mildly amusing, but became tedious and I was glad to finish reading this book.

This novel should be marketed as Young Adult. As a mature adult (a/k/a senior citizen), I found nothing interesting in reading about dormitory residents at the University of Arkansas. Topics of conversation include Halloween decorations, dirty dishes, what they eat for breakfast, and balayage hair. Only one of the students was nice enough to care about, but even she is motivated by money. A visiting professor takes advantage of some of the co-eds in a cringe-worthy manner. I had to force myself to finish it.

Thank you to the publisher for an advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for this read. I really enjoyed this read. This is not like her previous book. It reads a lot more deeper and you also have to be thinking for this one. This is not a book to fall asleep while reading. I think if you go into the book without comparing it to her first book, you will enjoy it more.

Nope....nope...nope...no story line and the race and class is pretty much racist against white people. I don't like books that attempt to make me feel bad for being white.

I was given an advance reader copy of this book by the publisher In Exchange for an honest review. I certainly like the author’s writing style and thought the plot had merit, however, the execution fell a little flat for me. There were low points in the story flow where I lost interest in the characters.