if you are also a mentally ill atheist lesbian who struggles with the concept and action of existence, this one may hit a little too close to home
fast-paced
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this was way too much of a look inside my head
dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I love love love how Emily Austin writes people. Gilda was weird but so valid in her anxieties. 

camba's review

4.75
funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"it's easy for me to accept that i am bacteria, or a parasite, or cancer. it's easy for me to accept that my life is trivial, and that i am a speck of dust. it is hard for me to accept that my brother's life doesn't matter, or that old women who die don't matter, or even that rabbits or cats don't matter. i feel simultaneously intensely insignificant and hyperaware of how important everyone is"
dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

This book gutted me in the best way possible. Probably the saddest book I've ever read.

thebookbloglife_'s review

4.0
challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes