Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

13 reviews

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

ienbdri's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Suicide, Animal death, and Dementia

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

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

mvenable's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, and Suicide

ashslibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

An interesting read and really fucking depressing. I had to stop and close the book a few times just to think about the things that Gilda was saying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Biphobia, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Homophobia, Suicide, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

nicoledgn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

Raw, vivid perspective of depression and anxiety. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Animal death, and Medical content

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

kathleenivy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Dementia, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Alcohol, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Drug use, and Dysphoria

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.0

This book was a quick read and oftentimes laugh out loud funny. As someone who deals with an anxiety disorder, I thought it was a great representation of what untreated anxiety looks like. I also thought the way that the book physically laid out intrusive thoughts, circuitous thinking, and catastrophizing, on the page to be really on point and effective. There was some genre bending stuff that didn’t really work for me. And also

the subplot with Eli was ill-advised imho. I’m a trans woman. Professionally, I am a writer, and I’m also a transgender media consultant. While the storyline wasn’t necessarily offensive, it treated Eli’s trans identity as a sidebar and also made it all about the external experience (his hair, the stealing of clothes, the nail polish, etc). It was very basic and I found it unnecessary and not given enough space to be good trans representation. Also I am using he/him pronouns to refer to this character because those are the only pronouns used in the book and in an imaginary world where this person is real, we don’t yet know what pronouns he’d use.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Car accident, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Bullying, Dysphoria, and Medical content

at806's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, and Self harm

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