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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

15 reviews

mandareads222's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Outing

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

amanda_mh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I flew through this book, it was darkly funny, and somehow also endearing. The title hooked me, and this is a book I will definitely be thinking about. It was strangely enjoyable. 

**major trigger warnings for depression and anxiety so please look at them before reading. This is a book that you need to be in the right headspace for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Lesbophobia

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

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

kjb2003's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

frantically's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This book had me laughing at 6am and wanting to sob about my dead guinea pigs and realising (once again) how cult-ish the Catholic Church is and it made me happy I went to therapy because my thoughts used to be just like Gildas and it made me want to hug my little brother and also thank the Eleanors of the world for existing. In love with Austin's writing style but I also need a more normal book after this because it feels like I'm living in this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

sagebrush_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-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? Yes

4.25

If you’re fortunate and never dealt with crippling anxiety or depression, this book is like a brief overview of that experience for people who don’t have enough resources available. 

If you do have crippling anxiety or depression then this book will amplify it briefly, maybe too much. This story contained feelings that I’ve had for years, and it’s cathartic to read the words I’ve been experiencing myself. 

Gilda is a hard character to love as we see her mistreat herself and the people around her. At times I related to her completely and other points felt immense gratitude I had access to support and never reached her level. 

There is a resolution to Gilda’s story but it felt rushed. The pacing of the end of the book is why it’s not a 5* read for me.

A couple hundred pages of Gilda’s descent into depression and then some bits at the end to turn everything around. It was sudden and jarring, though I’m happy for the characters and overall enjoyed the book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Drug abuse