Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

12 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

rideauriverreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Homophobia, Vomit, and Medical content

agracerobinson's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, and Infidelity

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Homophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Acephobia/Arophobia

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

kers_tin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Homophobia, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jbates326's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

samvansam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

spooksie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely adore this book. A new favorite for sure, and a good contender on the best book I will read this year.
You need to give this one a try.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Dementia, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

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