#Complex friend group situations. complex best friendship. also nonbinary chinese best friend

[aroaessidhe]

2022 reads // twitter thread  

Funeral Girl

a girl who can talk to the ghosts of those who come through her family’s small town funeral home & tries to fulfill their last wishes

when her classmate dies unexpectedly & wants her help, she’s forced to confront her deep fear & anxiety about death & her relationship with her friends & family

aroace MC

#Funeral Girl #emma k. ohland #aroaessidhe 2022 reads #this is very…slow sad and heavy w anxiety and grief. or at least more than i was expecting anyway #Me sitting in the back of the car with my parents trying to not make it obvious im sobbing. And it finished Exactly when we arrived. #i rated it 5 stars #Complex friend group situations. complex best friendship. also nonbinary chinese best friend #She's definitely very self absorbed and selfish? about waking them to make herself feel better but not really thinking about them. #and her friendships. but this is a major conflict of the book that’s resolved #(which i’m glad bc i was like um…..you’re not treating your friends great lol..) #i kept being like oh girl you are so fucked up get help #m/f ghost friendship!!! I like that there wasn't even a oh were you secretly dating!! from anyone #the MC is explicitly ace and implied aro; #I'm happy for her deciding that she wants to be a nurse but as someone whose mum is a nurse and has grown up constantly being told #how horrible it is bestie that might add to your stress #asexual books #aroace books #no romance