A review by callanisreading
Must I Go by Yiyun Li

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Lilia - widow of three husbands, mother to five children, and grandmother of seventeen grandchildren - waits for death in a California nursing home, where she spends her days provoking the other residents. Though she insists she is unsentimental, Lilia ponders her past while re-reading her erstwhile lover's diary, which she annotates with comments and memories. In this languorous reflection on meaning, mourning, and mortality, Li asks what it means to have a life well lived.