A review by mariaulatowski
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti

emotional funny reflective

5.0

Right from the start I really loved this book. It made me sit in lots of discomfort at times and comfort in being seen in others. It led to having a really vulnerable conversation with my best friend where we shared so many things. Whatever this book was, it made me feel so many things, that whenever I think about it, it will make me feel a twinge in my body that will always remind me of how much it struck me. Sure there were aspects I didn’t like specifically the man she dates and the meanderings on that, but I looked past it for the whole. I couldn’t believe how many reviews were horrible, and how I like it so much when others thought it insufferable. But I guess just like people not everyone or everything is loved by everyone but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hold value for others, and love doesn’t have to come from everyone but the ones who are there are special. Maybe my mind is just as insufferable, either way I’m glad I read this.