People Person follows the life of Dimple Pennington, a young woman with an interesting family life. She has four half-siblings—Nikisha, Prynce, Danny, and Lizzie—courtesy of her father, Cyril Pennington, who she only got to meet when she was ten. Although they don't share much in common other than their blood, she loves them and desires to be close to them. 

At the start of the novel, Dimple feels pretty melancholy about her life. She is a social media influencer, but, due to her follower count, it doesn't make her much money. On top of that, she also has a toxic, abusive on-again, off-again boyfriend, Kyron, and a poor body image. 

There are a few topics that are covered in this novel. The main one topic that is covered is generational trauma. Cyril was a very absent father to all of his children, only choosing to come around and interact with them if he could get something out of it. This absence resulted in each of his children having different feelings towards him. For Dimple, she was the most forgiving towards him because she desired that father-daughter relationship with him, but some of the other siblings, like Lizzie for example, had no desire for a relationship with him. Cyril himself went through generational trauma at the hands of his mother, who

moved from Jamaica to the UK without him

. Cyril grew up

being raised by his grandparents, who he had thought were his parents until his mother sent for him at fifteen.

This experience causes him to be emotionally absent with his own children.

Another topic that is covered in the novel is the importance of family. Dimple and Kyron get into an argument that ends in

violence

. Dimple

defends herself from Kyron which ends in him falling back and hitting his head, knocking him out cold.

Dimple panics and calls the first person that comes to her mind: her eldest sister, Nikisha. Nikisha contacts the rest of their siblings and they all come through to help Dimple cover up the incident. However,

as they are all digging Kyron's grave, he disappears from the van they were transporting him in, leaving the group puzzled.

They all move on with their lives and choose not to worry about him, until

he resurfaces later, remembering what happened to him.

As a result, Kyron

starts blackmailing Dimple and sends her a ransom fee for thousands of dollars in exchange for his silence.

Throughout this ordeal, Dimple's siblings continue to be there for her, despite their frustration about the situation.

Overall, this book was a great read. I love books that feature dysfunctional family dynamics and imperfect characters. Every single Pennington sibling had a flaw of some kind (some more than others), but that's what made them great. However, there were also a few things I didn't like about the novel. One of the main things I didn't like about the book was the lack of depth it had. The book felt really exciting in the beginning during the Kyron storyline, but the way it ended felt so rushed. Nikisha was able to get

Kyron to stop blackmailing Dimple simply by...threatening him?

All that suspense about what Dimple was gonna do about the issue and how Kyron's retaliation would play out seemed to get muddled somewhere along the way. The end of the storyline felt very disappointing because of it.