Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

24 reviews

snl07002'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Medical content, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual harassment and Religious bigotry

The main character tells the story in first person, including her thoughts of deep anxiety, depression, and obsession with death including suicidal ideation.

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

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

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

oddlyghoul's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Lesbophobia, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Gaslighting, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

m_storky'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, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Mental illness

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

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

vagorsol's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

callaazz's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

jillgoober's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

This book is difficult for me to describe because it is so ridiculously depressing but also gave me so much validation as someone who struggles with some of the things the main character struggles with.

Gilda is a twenty-seven-year-old lesbian who accidentally becomes the receptionist at a Catholic Church. She is also a hypochondriac and spends too much of her time thinking about death. She has been depressed essentially since she found her pet bunny dead at age eleven. Her parents are the opposite of helpful and wave her off anytime she mentions her or her brother, Eli, getting mental health counseling. This book really shows how living in a household like that while mentally ill can have an intensely negative effect on a person.

This story is for sure character-driven as there is not a straight forward plot. This book is definitely not for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. There are a ridiculous amount of content warnings such as suicidal thoughts, panic disorders, homophobia, etc. so reader beware.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Animal death, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Dementia, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

nicoleanthony's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Self harm, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

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

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

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