Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily Austin

140 reviews

gossameralbum's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Outing and Car accident

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

samants's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.0

"How is everyone doing tonight!" the singer shrieks into the crowd.
Amid the screaming replies, I allow myself to say out loud, "I actually haven't been feeling well lately."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Alcohol, Death, Alcoholism, Car accident, Homophobia, Vomit, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

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

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident, Grief, and Transphobia

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.

imaginefishes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.25

It took me a moment to recognise the spiral Gilda was going down, but the representations of her mental illness were simultaneously accurate and, in a way, hilarious. I didn’t really like how we were literally in her head though; she was annoying at times (not her fault) and I wished she would stop thinking so much sometimes (which, actually is a good example of what it’s like to be mentally ill among non-mentally ill people).

The ending was inspiring but it felt unaccounted for, like how did

Gilda get from her depressive stupor into being high-functioning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Lesbophobia, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.25

Gilda was a highly relatable main character for me and I don't know if that's a particularly good thing or not...

This was more of a character study, so those looking for a plot focused book may not like this as much, but I enjoyed getting a glimpse into Gilda's life and watching her character development. The little murder mystery type side plot was also a bit of fun.

The writing was really easy to read and I flew through this, and had a good time with it - as much as you can with an anxious, depressed MC, anyway. Though I don't have experience with all the mental illnesses depicted in the book, it seemed to be good representation and I related to the feelings of anxiety shown.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Murder and Religious bigotry

sholtie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Medical content, Suicide, Self harm, Murder, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Death, and Car accident

cavexcanem's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Car accident, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Addiction

Moderate: Child abuse and Religious bigotry

Minor: Homophobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Dementia