A review by tabitha_rose
This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be by Sarah Watters

funny lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

I didn’t plan to find myself in my late 30s as a woman in recovery, unmarried, with a dog for a daughter, my little brother crashing in the next room, and still regularly spiraling over what I’m “supposed” to be doing with my life. But here I am—and reading This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be felt like someone finally turned on a light in the room I’ve been sitting in alone. 

Sarah doesn’t just name the messy, quiet truths so many of us carry—she invites a conversation around them. This book is thoughtful, funny, smart as hell, and so needed. It doesn’t try to fix anything. It just meets you where you are. And sometimes, that’s everything.