Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

129 reviews

brianna_moye's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia

ericaw212's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Gilda and I have a lot of the same thoughts and I enjoyed seeing them in a book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Self harm, and Murder

rbsinger's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

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

midnightbelles's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-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

3.0

This style of writing was very fun to read considering the content bc I process and think things similar to Gilda. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Animal death, Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

plantedpaperbacks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-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

5.0

Ummm… I need more time to process this one 🫢  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Murder

heathermesley's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Vomit

Graphic depictions of dissociative disorders, especially depersonalisation.

dixiecarroll's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This was delightful and heartbreaking at the same time. It’s not quite perfect, but I had just such a nice time reading it. The anxiety and tension build so beautifully that you don’t notice your heart racing until you’re crying onto the pages. Really moved me and I’m glad I’m able to take all of my dishes to the sink these days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

milanaradic's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

jcnstntn's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-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

4.75

I started off reading this book whilst sitting in a hospital waiting room which was probably not the best choice given the levels of existential dread and medical anxiety Gilda experiences literally ALL THE TIME. 
There were moments where Gilda’s actions left me confused, shocked, embarrassed but mostly sad for her. This book surprised me tbh; from the opening chapters I thought it would very much send me into a spiral (maybe don’t read it in a hospital), but despite how heavy the themes were, some of Gilda’s musings about life and death ended up being really poignant and there were multiple plot twists I didn’t see coming. Worth reading if you can get past all the trigger warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit