A review by nostoat
Just Do This One Thing for Me by Laura Zimmermann

funny fast-paced

4.5

This is a snappy, fast read, peppered with dark humor and a great understand of fucked up family dynamics. Drew is 17-almost-18 and basically the parent of her two younger siblings. Things get very complicated for her through this book and she juggles it all with a cool head and a dry awareness that she shouldn't have to that's refreshing after so many books of teens who seem to be completely unaware being parentified is damaging and awful. The author writes almost like poetry, with an amazing grasp on how to end paragraphs and chapters with sentences that feel like gut punches or perfect punchlines, or both. I flew through this book. A great read.