A review by nixiethepixie
One Day We're All Going to Die by Elise Esther Hearst

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

Listened as an audiobook read by the author. A bildungsroman of a late 20 somethings girl in Melbourne - figuring it out, messy, making some questionable choices. In many ways our protagonist can be hard to relate too, due to a combination her character development (or lack there of), but also the inherent wealth, circumstance and relationships from she comes from. Her parents have bought her a house, and she gets transferred money each week, and it’s just a given. There could have been space to explore intergenerational wealth and trauma slightly more. The strength of the book for me is in Naomi and Cookie’s relationship - reflecting on grandparent relationships and the matriarch. Otherwise Naomi isn’t the most captivating narrator - things kind of just happen to her, but she isn’t addictively observant about it, in ways that perhaps I have come to crave.