This college novel set at the University of Arkansas in 2017. Millie works for visiting professor Agatha Paul. Soon drama and intrigue about race, gender, and class bubble to the surface. This novels is all about the characters and the plot drags without much happening, but I enjoyed it because of Reid's observational humor on her characters.

This was an interesting novel, but seemed to be missing some pieces to make it all cohesive. Reid's writing is very well done though, and makes you want to keep reading.

I found this book to be meandering and pointless. I could not connect with any of the characters and started to feel annoyed with the way that “ohmahgod” was used. Also, is a pizza slicer really all that sharp?

There was a lot going on in this novel. Rather, there were a lot of people going on in this novel. I'm not sure if I fully understood what I was supposed to get from each of them, but they were very interestingly fleshed out. I think I'd read just plain character sketches from Kiley Reid because she has a way of making them both mundane and intriguing in the same way that, well, real people often are. There is a burst of action towards the end, but for the most part this book ambles along, dangling hints, and making us question the odd universes that exist within each human.

First of I love this cover! Life has been busy so this one took me a little longer to read but I never thought about giving up on it because the characters were so vivid and genuine that I did not want to give up on them.

Thank you to Penguin Group Putnam and NetGalley for my ARC of Kiley Reid’s Come and Get It. Reid’s debut novel, Such a Fun Age, was my favorite read of 2021 and is one I still think about today. Reid has a way with describing characters and making you feel for the situations they are in.

Come and Get It is Reid’s sophomore novel and I was so excited when I got my hands on it! This is a story with many characters on a college campus in Arkansas. I found the story difficult to get into and slow to build. Unfortunately, this story was not a five star read for me like Reid’s first novel.

Kiley Reid is easily becoming one of my favorite authors! Her characters are so fascinating and realistic that even if they're not necessarily likable, you care enough to want to know what's coming next.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! This is Kiley Reid’s second book after Such a Fun Age, which i enjoyed but didn’t love. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this much at all. The premise didn’t immediately pull me in and neither did the story. I DNFed at 50%. It just wasn’t interesting to me unfortunately.

Fascinating characters dealing with various moral and ethical issues. I found this more entertaining/relatable than her first book and it was so enlightening to delve into the flaws of all the characters. A true coming of age story at so many levels.

I honestly don't even know where to start in this review. It's very character-heavy with the tiniest little sprinkle of plot. You move between several POVs of college students and a professor at the same university. I could not summarize this book even on my best day. The ending is just so... unsatisfying, but like it's supposed to be? Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed myself. Probably not as much as SUCH A FUN AGE, but I would love to continue reading Reid's future works.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid was an interesting character driven slow burn.
I thought her new contemporary fiction was hit or miss. I enjoyed the characters and the writing but it just felt a little flat to me. Still the story held my attention.
The diverse characters and setting pulled me in and kept me reading.

I would like to thank NetGalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons for the opportunity to read this ahead of its publication date in return for my honest review.

Come and Get It is a character study, primarily about college students in dorm in a University in AR. Millie is a 24-year-old Senior, who is also an RA who excels at her job and has her future lined up. Kennedy is a Junior in the dorm where Millie is an RA, a transfer to the University from a previous college after an incident that she is trying to escape. Agatha is a visiting Professor, researching her future novel, but becoming wrapped up in the lives and financial circumstances of the women who live in the dorm. These women are our main narrators, but there are a varied cast of other characters involved as well.
Don't read this book if you aren't ok with little to no real plot, but lots of character development. I honestly normally have no problem with character driven books, but for this book, I still struggled to identify what the overall point was for the author. I'm still not sure what the aim was or what my takeaway should be after finishing it. The only truly sympathetic character is Millie and at the end she's left to deal with the consequences of her actions after a misunderstanding involving her residents.
The book is, at a glance fun and satirical, and there are many funny moments throughout, but the book itself just felt aimless. After weighing my thoughts upon completion, I don't feel this book merits higher than a 3 star rating. It's ok, but it's not memorable.
Thank you to Penguin Group Putnam and NetGalley for the electronic ARC of this novel for review.

This story was a slow and difficult to finish read for me. It wasn’t my cup of tea, but maybe college students would relate more.

The good: I loved the setting. You don’t see a ton of college set books in Southern Universities.

The not as good but not super bad: it felt like there wasn’t much of a plot sometimes. It was all vibes, character driven. I enjoyed it thoroughly but can’t tell you exactly why

Unfortunately, I was not able to get into this book at all. I was initially intrigued but I very quickly got frustrated with the pacing of the novel. I really enjoyed Such a Fun Age and I know that Reid is a great writer, but I was just not interested in the subject. I will definitely give this another chance once it is released, but with so many great books to reads before the of the year, I can wait until it is officially released to revisit.

Thanks for the opportunity to review even though this one didn't work out for me.

Come and Get it arrives four years after Kiley Reid's critically acclaimed and bestselling debut novel, Such a Fun Age. In her first book, Reid brilliantly raised a magnifying glass to the awkward, uncomfortable interactions around race and class that often go unsaid. In Come and Get It, Reid again takes a big swing at social commentary and tension-filled relationships, but it's overall much less successful.

Come and Get It follows Millie Cousins, a 24-year-old senior and RA at the University of Arkansas as she saves money to buy a home, stresses over post-graduate employment, and supervises a group of dysfunctional roommates. When a visiting professor, Agatha Paul, arrives hoping to write a book about young people and money, professional lines begin to blur and the group of women quickly become entangled in an awkward mess of microagressions, illicit sex, money troubles, and dirty dishes.

Such a Fun Age begins with a gripping, intense opening scene that sets the tone for the rest of the story, but Come and Get It develops slowly - too slowly - and doesn't pick up in pace until over one hundred pages in. Reid successfully builds anticipation toward a climax that is fraught and contentious, but it doesn't quite deliver as much as one would hope. The pace is in part impacted by the large cast. Many of the (8!) main characters get a chapter entirely dedicated toward their past that brought them to UA, but with the exception of Millie, the origin stories don't do much to advance the plot or character development. Reid introduces a theme of grief that could form a smart connection between two characters, but then never delivers. She teases class-conflict that never goes anywhere. The rich students have no reckoning with their money, and the poor students have no opportunity to fight back, give up, or really do anything.

Come and Get It does do a few things well. A majority of the characters are queer and deeply imperfect, which is always fun and refreshing to read. Whereas Such a Fun Age at times felt painfully straight, Reid gives the classic Kiley-Reid treatment to all the messiness of college lesbian sexual dynamics in a way that is fun and playful while still being real and relatable. The novel also does a great job portraying college life in 2017 and highlighting the often underpaid and under-appreciated work of Residential Life staff.

Come and Get it is ambitious. While Reid comes up short in many ways (pacing, character development, plot), the book is still a fun, easy read that pokes satirical fun at college life and the unanswerable questions of young adulthood.

Come and Get It reminds me of a Seinfeld episode because nothing happens. It felt like less of a novel and more of a diary compilation from people with very little going on. I was pretty much done with it after a 20-page argument between Agatha and her partner, Robin. The best solution to the argument would be to bang their heads together, Three Stooges style, and make them see that they had no business being together.

This is a character-driven book, which is unfortunate since they are very one-dimensional and uninteresting. Much of the book centers around a group of RA’s and dorm antics at the University of Arkansas. I would have dropped out if college life had been this mild.

I didn’t love her last book. So, I’m not likely to pick up another of her offerings.

I loved Kiley Reid's first book (Such a Fun Age), so I was so excited to read this one. It's an interesting coming of age story, and I like the setting of a college campus. It's definitely a character driven novel, so I can see how some people might not like it. Overall I'd recommend to my friends.

I loved Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid. She is a talented writer and has a way with prose. However, Come and Get it fell short for me. I didn't find myself invested in the characters. There wasn't much action or plot. I do love character driven novels, but there were too many characters to get in their back story. I liked the beginning with Agatha and Robin, and the end where I felt the main conflict occurred. I will still pick up her next novel and am looking forward to more books by her.

Come and get it by Kiley Reid. This is just not my kind of novel I guess. I just didn’t care for. This is a story of college politics