Sara is working on an app called One Last Word, which allows pre-written messages to go out to certain contacts at the time of your death. But she quits her job when the company’s founders pull the plug on her continuing the app.
So Sara decides to do it herself. But then her messages are sent out prematurely when a person with the same name dies, including to the best friend who ghosted her and her exacting Korean parents.
In this tale of a woman navigating the world of tech and venture capital, the introduction of her former classmate and crush Harry as her mentor adds the romance component.
I was drawn in by the concept of messages going to people that were never meant to be seen until after you were gone (a plot that has popped up a few times this past year) but that really wasn’t the focus on the book.
I did immediately hit a technical issue that I couldn’t shake – surely if a company paid your wages while you were designing an app, you can’t just quit and take it all with you. A little line about intellectual property or contracts would have solved my disbelief. So my last word on the book: Fairly interesting but with a few bugs that needed sorting.
