Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

17 reviews

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

zarfus211's review

dark emotional funny slow-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

4.5

It was very good, inquisitive book about life. As someone with mental illness I felt very seen and represented. At times it was hard to read because it felt a little too real

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, and Infidelity

kristenmoura's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Murder

vvabecca's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

littlemelly's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.25

going into this book, I expected a comical story about an atheist lesbian who starts working at a church by a ridiculous accident. and while those parts of the synopsis are true, I was unpleasantly surprised by the framing of anxiety disorders in the text. proceed with caution: the book may be triggering for someone who isn't prepared to dissect their mind under a microscope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Gaslighting

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

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

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

skudiklier'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Okay I'm actually obsessed with this book. Wow.

I have anxiety and I related to Gilda a lot while reading it (though she struggles with it way more than I do, and I have a much easier time asking for help). I loved the way this was written, in genuinely every way that could be interpreted. I'm amazed by how relatable and funny this was while also being so dark and existential. I was so drawn in and cared so much about what was going to happen to everyone involved.

Honestly I have absolutely zero complaints about this book. I mean...I wish maybe we'd gotten a glimpse of Eli at the end to see what happened there? But I understand why the author may have wanted to leave some things open-ended, and I'm satisfied with what we did get to see at the end. I can't recommend this book enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Infidelity, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Blood, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

major cw for dissociation, depression, and anxiety