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A review by pastelwriter
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
I find it so difficult to talk about this book. Even though I buddy read it with a friend and had lots to discuss, condensing all of that in here feels especially challenging.
I guess I’ll start by saying that I found it impossible to rate this. Despite the fact that I really enjoyed my time reading this, I couldn’t make heads or tails of what to rate this.
Mainly, what made this such a great reading experience was the humor. The humor with which the author tackled so many aspects of her life just made this such a fantastic read. The humor especially flourished in the author’s descriptions of her interactions with her parents and the rest of her family. Her relationship with her father was especially compelling for me. The two of them are definitely cut of the same cloth, and it made their relationship run far from smoothly.
One of the essays in here that really got to me was one where she discussed a friendship that she had which went south because the man had a drinking problem. It hit close to home both because of my own alcoholic/drug addict grandfather and because of how heartbreaking it is to me when friendships fall apart. The essay really crawled under my skin but in the best way possible.
The whole essay on Twitter as well was something else. The vitriol she has to deal with on Twitter is just horrible. I’m not sure I would be able to stay in the platform if I had to face the same horrible things thrown at me.
The essay on surveillance and sexual assault was also brilliant. I would definitely truly recommend it if you haven’t thought about how surveillance plays into men/people deliberately planning to sexually assault women/those who appear feminine.
All in all, I would highly recommend this collection of essays. I’m so glad I decided to read it on a whim with my friend because it certainly gave us things to talk about.
I guess I’ll start by saying that I found it impossible to rate this. Despite the fact that I really enjoyed my time reading this, I couldn’t make heads or tails of what to rate this.
Mainly, what made this such a great reading experience was the humor. The humor with which the author tackled so many aspects of her life just made this such a fantastic read. The humor especially flourished in the author’s descriptions of her interactions with her parents and the rest of her family. Her relationship with her father was especially compelling for me. The two of them are definitely cut of the same cloth, and it made their relationship run far from smoothly.
One of the essays in here that really got to me was one where she discussed a friendship that she had which went south because the man had a drinking problem. It hit close to home both because of my own alcoholic/drug addict grandfather and because of how heartbreaking it is to me when friendships fall apart. The essay really crawled under my skin but in the best way possible.
The whole essay on Twitter as well was something else. The vitriol she has to deal with on Twitter is just horrible. I’m not sure I would be able to stay in the platform if I had to face the same horrible things thrown at me.
The essay on surveillance and sexual assault was also brilliant. I would definitely truly recommend it if you haven’t thought about how surveillance plays into men/people deliberately planning to sexually assault women/those who appear feminine.
All in all, I would highly recommend this collection of essays. I’m so glad I decided to read it on a whim with my friend because it certainly gave us things to talk about.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Sexual assault