One Last Question Before You Go
Kyle Thiermann, 179 pages
Better concept than execution. To make this worthy of a book vs. a blog post, the author wove in his personal story and his experiences interviewing his own quirky parents. I appreciated that, but the execution needed a better writer and/or editor. The text would frequently shift in jarring fashion from personal anecdote to prescriptive “how to” advice and back again. No flow or finesse. The author’s researched material on hospice situations and psychology-adjacent topics felt like just enough to pad out the book, but far from exhaustive. In sum, it was thoughtfully, but amateurly crafted. It didn’t inspire me, nor dissuade me, from entertaining the thought of interviewing my own parents.

