This book is every bit as good as Roxane Gay‘s other work and you need to read it. Period.

I liked everything about this book except the ending. It‘s ostensibly about a woman who has decided to break up with her boyfriend going with him to meet his parents at their farmhouse during a snowstorm, but the ending is a real twist. The pervasive feeling of unease is well done and it‘s reasonably well-written, but the ending was incredibly frustrating and not in a good way.

Anyone familiar with David Wong‘s writing from Cracked.com will appreciate how he works little bits of practical advice into this utterly ridiculous story about a depressed alcoholic and a methhead once again saving the world from insane, supernatural monsters. Anyone who has read the first two novels in the series will appreciate how John and David‘s adventures never become predictable. Anyone who doesn‘t know what to expect - that‘s the point.

I made eye contact with John and said, “I just want you to know, if it turns out you‘re a fake person inserted into my memory, my whole life will make so much more sense.”

“They didn‘t have witch hunts because they believed in witches. They believed in witches so they could have witch hunts.”

“Are you suggesting the soul is made of tiny particles?”

I knew I would connect with this book before it was even written, because Roxane Gay us a powerful writer and I love everything she has to say, even when I don‘t agree with what she says. What I didn‘t expect was how deeply I connected with her experiences. The reasons I have hated my body in the past are different than her reasons, but I still empathize SO strongly. All fat women should read this book.

Everyone needs to read this book. Twice.

This book made me happy and sad and satisfied and lonely and I dogeared the pages because it felt like it was part of me and what else could you ever want from a collection of poetry?

1. It is about race if a person of color thinks it is about race.
2. It is about race if it disproportionately or differently affects people of color.
3. It is about race if it fits into a broader pattern of events that disproportionately or differently affect people of color.