Reviews tagging 'Outing'

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

33 reviews

gossameralbum's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Car accident and Outing

kayleejanes's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rieviolet's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

The book started off really strong but, as I went on reading, it lost me a bit. Maybe it's because we are firmly into the main character's headspace and I felt like it became a bit repetitive. Also, the final section 

with the police investigation and Gilda's questioning and brief detention

felt to me a bit over-the-top, it went on and on and then was solved in the blink of an eye. The ending itself wasn't so bad 

I admit that I teared up a bit when Gilda's left those voicemail messages

but it was still quite abrupt and an awful lot was left unaddressed. 

I appreciated the hard-hitting representation of mental illness, just make sure to check the content warnings and look after your own mental well-being.  
I also quite liked the humour and, as a raised-Catholic-turned-atheist, I cackled many times whenever Gilda pondered over bizarre Catholic rituals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Pregnancy, Outing, and Dysphoria

droggelbecher42's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a really fast read for me and I found the main character very relatable.
Only massive downside is that the ending felt very abrupt and I didn't like the way

Gilda was suddenly alright, without the readers being given any indication of how she got out of her bad state. Felt weird to me how a book that depicted mental health struggles so realistically just suddenly went "she is alright now and back with her gilfriend". I also would have loved to know more about her sibling and their relationship with each other

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Outing

beeper's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Outing, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Dementia, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

rachaelwho's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Another dark "comedy" I didn't think was funny. It's hard to make depression interesting, but the author took a good crack. I don't think the voice acting was badly done, but I don't think it quite matched, at least not all the time. Good job of tying up the end. I think it would've all grabbed me a bit better if I were as young as the protagonist, maybe, but that's not the author's fault.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

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

flashandoutbreak's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Lesbophobia, and Outing

cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

A really interesting concept that was a little less well executed than I liked. It did make me laugh at points and was well written however as the plot went on, it felt rushed and a little threadbare. 

There wasn’t an apparent resolution but despite that, I enjoyed the reflective concepts presented and how things were written but nothing too impactful in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol

sar_a_i's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, and Car accident