A review by readingwithhippos
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul

3.0

If you don’t have a dark sense of humor, this book probably won’t be funny to you. Scaachi Koul’s humor is anything but lighthearted, and the subjects she tackles include rape culture, racism, and life as the child of immigrants. I listened to the audio version, as I almost always do with personal essays and memoirs, but in this case I’m not sure I’d recommend it. Koul’s delivery is as morose as her subject matter, stifling any potential laughs and turning my reading experience kind of emo. Although this particular brand of funny doesn’t work for me, Koul is smart and perceptive and has a lot of important things to say, so I'm glad I read it. If you like dry humor with an edge, or hell, if the title makes you smile instead of cringe, then this could be the book for you.