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Toda a Gente Nesta Sala um Dia Há de Morrer by Emily Austin

27 reviews

stories's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Heartbreaking. Narrator is deeply, deeply anxious and perfectly captured. 

Also part-get-your-life together, part-murder-mystery. And life’s a struggle for everyone. Plenty of sympathetic characters from various walks of life. 

Quietly hopeful ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

orlagal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

maeverose's review against another edition

This is a book I really should’ve dnfed for the sake of my mental health but for some stupid reason kept reading.

The main character, Gilda, is very mentally I’ll. Some parts of this book are really intense, and if you struggle with death ocd, anxiety, hypochondria, suicidal thoughts or alcoholism I’d be cautious about reading this. Gilda’s panic attacks are described in detail, and they’re very frequent. She also has a full on mental breakdown by the end of the book that is also described in detail and drawn out for a while. It isn’t explicitly stated at any point but she is clearly autistic/audhd coded, and it seems as if she is undiagnosed in the story, she questions why she is the way she is, and definitely doesn’t seem to be aware that she’s autistic. It was difficult reading her experiences, clearly seeing that she’s autistic but with her not knowing and struggling. It was relatable at times, but in an upsetting way more than a nice way. For me, at least. I can see how some readers would enjoy this and feel seen in the main character.

Funnily, like Gilda I feel other people’s emotions pretty strongly, so reading a book like this was probably a bad idea for me. I have similar anxiety and this was triggering for me. I nearly dnfed this several times because of it, and tbh I probably should’ve as it ended up just putting me in a bad mood. I kept reading because I really enjoyed the first half, it was still intense but in a more lighthearted dark humor kind of way (it reminded me of fleabag), but the second half is much more depressing and upsetting.

This book is a very accurate representation of ocd, anxiety, undiagnosed autism and mental illness. If you want that and can handle it, I’d recommend it, just please check content warnings first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

Graphic: Body dysmorphia, hypochondria, death ocd, intrusive thoughts, dissociation Moderate: medical malpractice (kind of) Minor: metaphorical cannibalism

tea_kettle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

yibit's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The plot in the synopsis seems very story driven, but this book lightly brushes on any of those noted plot points. The book is primarily about a young lesbian woman, Gilda, living with anxiety and depression, told through her stream-of-consciousness internal monologue. 

This book didn't land with me. I never fell in love with the main character, and it was hard to sympathize with her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

quil's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, and Car accident

floatinthevoid's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I did not expect to shed a tear or two when reading this book. 

I thought this will be a light contemporary book with a sprinkle of dark humour  in it. Oh boy was I wrong. 

I just wanna say to other people who considers reading this, especially for those who have anxiety, the writing style is very chaotic and it might overwhelm you. Please read with caution as there are a lot of panic attacks scene in the story.

But then you'll also get this kind of writing too, which is delightful.  

I bet that baby would be absolutely baffled to hear why she’s enduring this. Imagine someone forced you to wear a miniature wedding gown, dunked you underwater in front of an audience of your loved ones, and then explained that their rationale for doing so was so that when you die your spirit would fly to the clouds. If I were this baby, my first words would be “fuck off.”

I enjoyed this so much tho. This book is so funny and ironic and tragic and isn't that what life is? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

mold_munchr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

the main character is extremely autism/OCD coded and (as someone who has both), I have never felt more seen. I will be bringing this book to therapy to help me better express how I feel lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Okay I'm actually obsessed with this book. Wow.

I have anxiety and I related to Gilda a lot while reading it (though she struggles with it way more than I do, and I have a much easier time asking for help). I loved the way this was written, in genuinely every way that could be interpreted. I'm amazed by how relatable and funny this was while also being so dark and existential. I was so drawn in and cared so much about what was going to happen to everyone involved.

Honestly I have absolutely zero complaints about this book. I mean...I wish maybe we'd gotten a glimpse of Eli at the end to see what happened there? But I understand why the author may have wanted to leave some things open-ended, and I'm satisfied with what we did get to see at the end. I can't recommend this book enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Infidelity, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Blood, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

major cw for dissociation, depression, and anxiety

rosieposie_5_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Something about this book made me feel seen - like the author opened me up and wrote my thoughts

I am not very similar to Gilda on a surface level. In fact, I am 20 and agnostic with very supportive parents and siblings. It was the way that Gilda talked about life and death that lined up with thoughts I have had. The way Gilda didn’t want to burden others with her problems and her passive suicidal thoughts were like a smack to the face. 

“I think I am an imposter. Twenty-seven years ago I was a baby. Before that I was a clump of cells. Before that I didn’t exist. How could I be a bookstore clerk, or a Catholic, or a woman, or a person at all?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Eating disorder and Transphobia