Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

396 reviews

girlunderthelitchitree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny relaxing sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Grief, and Religious bigotry

emma_reads_occasionally's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

Picked up this pick when some of the description  mirrored my own fears. Took me a bit to get into the book, as it jumps back and forth through time and the main character’s memories, but found it interesting and engaging once I realized this. I found myself rooting for the main character often, and wondering what folks around her thought about her increasingly clear battle with mental health. I thought this book did a great job of illuminating what anxiety, dissociation, and suicidal ideation feel like. It’s interesting seeing the perspective of this character in a place I was once in, having similar thoughts as I once did. I enjoyed the book and enjoyed the up and downs throughout and little surprises and turns here and there. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

maddielikesbooks8's review against another edition

sad 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

5.0

I found this way to relatable like Emily Austen is in my walls

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death and Dysphoria

Minor: Body horror, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

mkwoods's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

I loved the humor in this book, and the way I saw myself and others I love in the main character’s struggles with depression, family dysfunction, and just being an adult in your 20s. It’s dark, but it’s a type of dark I can handle right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, and Suicide

annareads23's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

This book was slow at parts but overall enjoyable as someone who used to hyper fixate on death. I found some parts repetitive but the ending made up for it. It gives me dear Evan Hansen vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

stinkyk8's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

This was delightful. I feel seen and understood, and though the book is heavy in its constant reflections on mortality and loss, there's something almost hopeful in the way Gilda navigates the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Dysphoria

rosiecotton_dancing'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death

skye_era_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

This was unlike any book I have ever read. It was so raw and real, scarily so. Anxiety and depression can be so debilitating and this is really shown through Gilda’s character. I need to read the rest of Emily’s books asap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

galaxies's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

1.5

Is the funny actually in the room with us? I didn‘t spot it anywhere.

The Introduction in this book calls it „darkly funny“, „delightfully awkward“ and „pitch-perfect observations about the human condition“. I disagree with all of that.

I never understood what was going on with Gilda‘s brain and her thought processes and found the book relentlessly depressing and anxiety-inducing.

The first few pages of the book are not representative for the rest of the book.

I would only recommend this book to people who want to read about someone who is deeply depressed, anxiety-ridden, in constant panic attacks and who thinks about killing themselves

on nearly every page

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I do not recommend this to anyone who is in a mental health crisis or who struggles with their mental health in general.

The only reason I‘m not giving this book one star is because the first few pages weren‘t bad and I was moved a bit during the last few pages.

1.5 stars

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Violence, Stalking, and Murder