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A review by ela_lee_
The Rules of Inheritance by Claire Bidwell Smith
3.0
The last two chapters saved this book and rounded my two stars up to three. It was a lot less about the loss of her parents and more so about her past young (kinda lame) relationships.
The whole book held a very juvenile, teenage-angst vibe and I’ve never heard the word “cigarette” mentioned so many times. It read like a string of similar essays smooshed together to make a book that got repetitive and didn’t follow a timeline. I really wish the whole book was like the last two chapters - more about Claire’s current life as a hospice nurse and her input on the ways death affects us, especially at a young age. Still interesting enough to read, but definitely found her writing style irritating.
The whole book held a very juvenile, teenage-angst vibe and I’ve never heard the word “cigarette” mentioned so many times. It read like a string of similar essays smooshed together to make a book that got repetitive and didn’t follow a timeline. I really wish the whole book was like the last two chapters - more about Claire’s current life as a hospice nurse and her input on the ways death affects us, especially at a young age. Still interesting enough to read, but definitely found her writing style irritating.