One Last Word

A Novel

De: Suzanne Park

Narrado por: Catherine Ho

“With pitch-perfect humor, endearing insights and wonderfully relatable characters, One Last Word is a smart and breezy read about taking hold of the life you want and refusing to let go. An absolute delight.” —Allison Winn Scotch, bestselling author of Take Two, Birdie Maxwell

What would you say to your meddling parents, your ex-best friend, your toxic boss, or your high school crush if you didn’t have to face the consequences?

Sara Chae is the founder of One Last Word, an app that allows you to send a mes­sage to anyone you want after you pass. Safeguards are in place so the app will only send when you’re definitely, absolutely, 100% dead, but when another Sara Chae dies and her obituary is posted online, Sara discovers that drafted messages she had drunkenly uploaded on one night have been released —one each to her emotionally charged mother, to her former best friend who ghosted her, and to her unrequited high school crush, Harry Shim.

Still reeling from this disaster, Sara finds out she’s been accepted into a venture capital mentorship program— and that the mentor she’s been assigned to is none other than Harry, who’s now a major VC superstar. With her life going from uncertain to chaotic overnight, Sara has to deal with the havoc that ensues and reopen wounds from the past to find a true path forward.

A pitch-perfect homage for fans of Annabel Monaghan, Alisha Rai, and Jenny Han, One Last Word is an empowering, laugh-out-loud story about a woman who learns to speak up and fight for what she wants in life and love.

It’s a love story!

I really enjoyed this book. The story is well written. So intricate and detailed. It took me a while to get used to the narrator’s voice inflection for the main character, but once I did, it was fine. I purchased the audiobook copy and received a complimentary finished printer copy from the publisher.

Fairytale for a workaholic tech princess

Sarah’s app startup idea is nixed by her bosses, so she quits and moves in with her sister to save money while she develops her app. The app is called “one last word,” and is designed to give people a forum for expressing all the things they wished they’d said to significant people in their lives. Originally it was designed to be sent upon the app user’s death, but it expands to be less restrictive. Perhaps predictably, a bunch of Sarah’s own “last words” get sent out prematurely, leading to some confusion and ultimately to richer and deeper renewed relationships. A light, enjoyable listen.