A review by chewie
Rules For Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore

emotional funny inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It is very unfortunate that this book fell into one of my reading slumps because this was genuinely such an endearing book! 

I think it might be a thing with pacing or the fact that literally anything and everything was happening to poor Ezra, but it was such an interesting insight into a perspective I otherwise would've never seen. I think maybe, where I usually have a problem with the narrative voice being so heavily millennial-coded, this one is the first one where it has felt more towards the gen z-coded, though to a much lesser degree. 

I fully blame the reading slump but this truly took a real amount of time to get through, particularly towards the end. However, I was still invested in the story and how things would eventually pan out with all the complex relationships that came into it. For a story where someone can see ghosts, everything felt genuine and like real decisions that would be made by real people. 

Felt particularly moved when Ezra was in his element as a doula and his love specifically towards protecting whoever he could with whatever he could. Love a character with that much love in his heart and great intentions despite his flaws. So incredibly glad he was able to make it work with Jonathan, we can only ever hope to end up with that perfect man.

All in all, it was a genuinely adorable and interesting book, I think this is reader error that I couldn't get into it!