I liked this book, mostly. I liked the overall idea, as I do with most books I pick up. I liked the fact that readers would be following this woman throughout her life through the influential conversations she was having. For the most part, the conversations were funny, interesting, and insightful. They dealt with difficult topics that most individuals would avoid talking about, or would later regret talking about. But, Popkey wrote about these topics in a straightforward, blunt, and honest way that wasn’t awkward for her readers or for her characters. 

Another part of this novel I liked was the run-around characters. I felt I got to know the side characters better than I got to know the main woman that was having the conversations. At first, when I realized this, I disliked it, but the more I thought about it, the more I liked that fact. I think it relates well to actual life, because who are we, what do we do, without other people? The “other/side” people of our lives sort of make up our lives, so I thought it was clever of Popkey to do this. 

Though I liked this book for the most part, I felt some of it was a little try-hard. Some parts of the conversations felt like they were trying to be original and philosophical, which was a little annoying. I am a fan of saying what you want to say without trying too hard, but it was fairly obvious that Popkey does not do this.