Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

430 reviews

pikkumarja's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What a dark, but also a funny, book to read! I may have cried more than laughed because some parts of the writing were so beautiful and also relatable. This story and Gilda are so conflicted!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Murder

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

stories's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Heartbreaking. Narrator is deeply, deeply anxious and perfectly captured. 

Also part-get-your-life together, part-murder-mystery. And life’s a struggle for everyone. Plenty of sympathetic characters from various walks of life. 

Quietly hopeful ending. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sestout's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Blood, Car accident, and Dysphoria

avisnoctua's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

toniboni's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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

Whoever decided to put the words "hilarious" and "delightful" in the blurb of this book owes me compensation. Don't get me wrong, this is a good book. But I was looking for a lighthearted take on mental health issues and felt that words like these communicate that. But this book is not hilarious or delightful. It's a punch to the gut in its accurate portrayal of anxiety and depression. Sure, some things are kind of funny about the story and the character. But the blurb is somewhat minimizing the rest of the book, at least in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcoholism

jewellelizabeth's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

lilliee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

mary_lake's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

brb absolutely sobbing. one of the most moving books i've read in a long time. the portrayal of gilda's anxiety made me feel seen in a way i haven't before. i just want to give everyone a hug (especially mittens!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death

keightychandelier's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

Wonderful and thoughtfully written book about death and finding meaning in the face of its inevitability. Also, very funny. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Fire/Fire injury