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A review by mjbirdy
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul
4.0
Audiobook review -
In this collection of essays Scaachi Koul touches on a myriad of very complex and culturally specific topics as they pertain to her, a canadian national and child of Indian migrants.
Honestly, if you are a fairly active consumer of this kind of content, Koul’s insights add nothing new to the discourse. Now, while that’s true I don’t believe it takes anything from the value of the book, it’s as good as the first or the last book you read that touches on the same issues and I want to mindful of that in my review.
One reason I do recommend you read this book, though you might not learn anything new is solely for the authors witty one liners like “bravery is for people who dare to get tattooed in another language or eat pinkish chicken” and for questions like “what is the normal amount of alcohol for someone with a baseline level of childhood trauma?” Because legit... I’m still pondering.
I 1000% percent recommend the audiobook which is read by the author with sections read by her dad. It’s less than 6 hours long and the chapters are short 30ish minute slots that makes it so you don’t ever lose your place.
In this collection of essays Scaachi Koul touches on a myriad of very complex and culturally specific topics as they pertain to her, a canadian national and child of Indian migrants.
Honestly, if you are a fairly active consumer of this kind of content, Koul’s insights add nothing new to the discourse. Now, while that’s true I don’t believe it takes anything from the value of the book, it’s as good as the first or the last book you read that touches on the same issues and I want to mindful of that in my review.
One reason I do recommend you read this book, though you might not learn anything new is solely for the authors witty one liners like “bravery is for people who dare to get tattooed in another language or eat pinkish chicken” and for questions like “what is the normal amount of alcohol for someone with a baseline level of childhood trauma?” Because legit... I’m still pondering.
I 1000% percent recommend the audiobook which is read by the author with sections read by her dad. It’s less than 6 hours long and the chapters are short 30ish minute slots that makes it so you don’t ever lose your place.