Status Updates From I Love You Don't Die: A Novel

“Vicky had never experienced the destruction of New York City dreams that others experienced upon arrival, ground down by high rent and high stress. She had never harbored desires for city glamour and high power, never believed she’d even come close. She had simply moved in and felt at home in that younger, happier version of herself, freshly in New York.”

I'm having a hard time connecting to the book, but calling Death a HE is taking me completely out. Even as an IT I woyld admit it but masculine? No way, it threw me out.