A review by a2lulu
How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti

4.0

It was fascinating and innovative. I've never read anything like it and I love having a reading experience like that. There seems to be widespread dislike of it - "self-involved", "navel gazing", "first-world problems" - but to me one of the things I love about fiction is taking a trip into somebody else's life, getting inside their head and how they think. I love flawed characters who struggle and make discoveries that aren't spelled out for you. If you want a straight plot-driven narrative where the loveable heroine triumphs- yeah, this ain't for you.