You're gonna die alone (& Other Excellent News)

Donalson, Devrie Brynn. You're gonna die alone (& Other Excellent News). 2023. 244p. ISBN 9798212186452.

One of TikTok's hottest star, Devrie Donalson delivers witty and entertaining views on many aspects of life while exploring her own biography, and comes to the conclusion that you will die alone, and that's okay! Society has conditioned us to want to have a partner, a soulmate, a lover that we can spend our days with. But your best friend, the person you should love the most, is the person you spend the most time with throughout your life, and that is you! You are always with you, working, playing, sleeping, and enjoying or regretting life. 

Devrie provides vignettes of her life, examining such aspects as what she would want for her funeral service when she dies; how she grew up in a religious household but eventually realized that the Christians that claim to worship God are not ready to be accepting and welcoming, despite the teachings of Jesus; and how her college house was haunted with a ghost in the attic. All of these vignettes serve to explore existential truths that apply to everyone, regardless of gender, age, religion, and identity. In the end, Devrie reveals the universal truth that the only thing that we can count in life is change.

Fans of humorous writing and of self help will appreciate this short book, and might learn a thing or two about their own lives.