2.5 stars!

I read this entire book and didn't feel like there was really any plot. Sometimes I'm okay with a mostly character driven novel, but I also didn't really like any of the characters. I was hoping for some kind of commentary, but instead I feel like I got a bit of lukewarm commentary on race and maybe power inequity? Unfortunately just not a win for me!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

There are great themes explored in Come and Get It, but the overall work is just average. It takes a lot of setup to get to the denouement, and although all the setup helps us readers understand, I'm not sure it was all worth it in the end.

Thank you, GP Putnam's Sons and Netgalley, for an advance ebook in exchange for a fair review.

I didn't like this book at much as Kiley Reid's first one. Every person in this book was dubious ethically, whereas Such a Fun Age had a more obvious villain.

What a lovely story that is really a novel about the lives of young college students learning to be adults.
The author tells the stories of each young woman with frank objectivity while allowing them to be their selves.
Ultimately this is a book about money. How we see it, how much we need it. How hard we will work for it. Again, the author does not judge, nor should she.
I enjoyed it very much.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me this ARC

I can't tell you what this book is even about. I wish there was more character development. Shame because I loved her other work!

Unfortunately I stopped reading this book at 43%. I just couldn’t connect with any of the characters, and although I understand, the book is not intended to have a quick moving plot, they just wasn’t enough going on to keep my attention. I really enjoyed Reid’s previous novel, and I look forward to reading whatever she comes out with next, but this was just a bit too slow moving for me.

Interesting…

I kept hearing about this author and was happy to give this a try. The plot caught my intention, with characters and their different motivations, slowly evolving into, seemingly, college hijinks. Quirky and intention-getting, the characters came to life, providing some interesting views into what makes people tick. Unfortunately, as I read further, it was hard to find one character or plot hook that made me care how it all played out. I didn’t click with any of the characters so it was hard to stay engaged.

So much feeds into the appreciation for a story and I’m hoping it was just a moment in time that didn’t allow me to appreciate this one more. The writing style, coupled with amazing things I’ve heard about other stories by this author, will have me checking out other titles. There’s definitely enough good to have me wanting a second chance…

Early reviews claim "nothing happens in this book," but that's not the case. Kiley Reid's strength lies in depicting small slights and alliances that build to significant outcomes. If you can't see these subtle actions leading to chaos, Reid might not be for you.

The tension builds to intense levels of "Oh No," with characters making bad decisions that clearly won’t end well. The anticipation of the impending disaster and seeing how deeply intertwined the characters become is the true pleasure.

Reid's writing is confident and specific, capturing human behavior with ease. I found immense joy in this book's perceptiveness and accuracy. Highly recommended.

Thank you for the ARC.

College Senior Millie wants nothing more than to buy a house after graduating and the money she ears as an RA is put towards the down payment. When an opportunity to make a little extra money snooping on her residents presents itself, Millie gets caught up in a series of events that all unravel simultaneously.

Interesting read, not entirely sure how I feel about it yet! I read Reid's previous work, Such a Fun Age, and felt similarly. I was actually more intruiged by the collaborative memoirs Agatha, the visiting professor, wrote than finishing this book. Overall, it was a fresh and unpredictable story.

Phenomenal. I’m not usually one for a character driven novel, but Reid is a notable exception for me. Her characters are so nuanced and well-developed that I could read hundreds of pages of their innermost thoughts without getting bored. She’s just that good. I absolutely loved this book.

I really liked this! Loved the setting - as someone from MO + having lots of friends that went to UofA. I just don't think this moved fast enough for me. I know that is part of the point, but the longer I read it, the less I wanted to pick it up. I have heard great things about this author's previous work though so I will be reading that!

This is almost all character development with a little bit of plot. I enjoyed getting into the heads of these messy people. Uncomfortable at times and so much second hand embarrassment. I absolutely love the way Kiley Reid writes. It feels so unique.

I loved this!! By the end of everything I wasn’t sure which (if any) of the characters I liked, but I wanted to know what happened to all of them. I loved.

A character driven story about a residential assistant in her dorm, and her professor. There wasn’t much to the plot for me, making it a slow paced read overall.

*many thanks to Putnam, PRH audio and Netgalley for the gifted copy for review.

"Come and Get It," set in 2017 at the University of Arkansas, centers on Millie, a senior resident assistant, who becomes embroiled in an inappropriate relationship with a visiting professor, Agatha Paul, while managing several students under her care.

I enjoyed Kiley Reid’s writing by the way she had her well-drawn characters express their thoughts and interactions from each of their povs throughout the novel. She also effectively used the various settings and incorporated themes of race, class, and morality in a way that provoked inward contemplation for me, the reader, as well. Despite this, the pacing is a bit uneven, with buildups leading to anti-climactic events.

The narrative seems designed to be a deep character study rather than a plot-driven tale. While I’m all for those types of stories, I never became positively invested in any of the characters. Agatha’s research exploring consumerism, money, and the complexities of human behavior among the students initially held my interest, but never really felt filled out. Her character gave me major ick btw.

Overall, it's a compelling read but not one that will likely stand out as a favorite for me this year.

At times I wasn't really sure what was happening here, but that was okay because I loved getting to see these characters interact. I was, at times, frustrated with every single one of them, and I mean that as a complimentto Kiley Reid because it means she wrote them so well.

COME AND GET IT
RATING: 2 ⭐️ - I Did Not Like This

Kiley’s follow up to SUCH A FUN AGE was high anticipated but in line with the mixed reviews, this one also missed the mark for me.

COME AND GET IT follows a residential assistant, her professor, and 3 new students under her purview.

❤️ for my LOVERS of CHARACTER DRIVEN novels, CAMPUS centered, stories about RACE, WEALTH, & STATUS

❤️ I’d highly recommend this on on AUDIO - it’s a long one, and moves slow, so getting through it on audio is the best way to go!

💔 the biggest critique I heard about this one was that it is CHARACTER DRIVEN and while that’s true, it also lacks any sort of plot - there were a TON of characters introduced at the beginning, some alternating timelines, but literally no idea what was happening

💭 What did you think about this one?

Found the plot to be difficult to follow or discern. Did not feel like a cohesive story. Unfortunately was unable to finish it because of this.

Thank you to GP Putnams Sons, NetGalley, and the author for sharing this arc with me in exchange for my honest feedback!

I was so excited to get my hands on this one after absolutely devouring the writer’s debut novel, Such A Fun Age, a few years back. Unfortunately, this second novel just wasn’t it for me.

Where do I begin? Is the plot in the room with us? About halfway through this book I realized that the plot was going absolutely nowhere. It took me over three months to get through this short novel because I had zero interest in the characters or what was happening to them. The minimal action that did develop felt like the plot to a Riverdale episode. It was all just so slow paced and underdeveloped. And then the ending was just BLEH.

I had such high hopes for Come and Get It but this one missed the mark by a mile for me. 😩

For anyone who is leaving a child at college with the RAs in the dorm, you might not want to read this. In some ways it seems there are a bunch of crazies working in residence life as well as some very different roommates. I think that there are a lot of characters with a lot of strange stories; sometimes it is hard to keep them all straight. Really, I don't know how I feel about this book...it kept me interested, but at the same time, I wanted to stop the story--some of the back stories are cringy--especially the one (spoiler alert) about the dog, I could see it coming, but couldn't stop it. I guess at the end the plot was all tied together, but it was sometimes painful getting there.