Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily Austin

142 reviews

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

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

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

major cw for dissociation, depression, and anxiety

laurendubria's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Cursing

melliedm's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

“Thinking about why we exist, and how sad everything is…I keep looking at everyone and thinking, Oh my God, I just want them to smile.”

Gilda is a late 20s lesbian trapped in a painfully familiar cycle of rumination, anxiety, depression, and existential dread. I feel like saying any more than that will tarnish the experience of reading this absolutely fantastic novel, so I’ll refrain. All I’ll really say is that nothing I’ve ever read has come so close to articulating my experience of the world, and now I am a puddle of tears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Homophobia, Vomit, Animal death, Lesbophobia, Car accident, Death, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury

kers_tin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Lesbophobia, and Alcoholism

Minor: Stalking, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

jbates326's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Suicide, Grief, Homophobia, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Confinement, Dementia, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, and Medical content

amyloumurray's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Self harm

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, Medical content, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Animal death, and Sexism

jillgoober's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

This book is difficult for me to describe because it is so ridiculously depressing but also gave me so much validation as someone who struggles with some of the things the main character struggles with.

Gilda is a twenty-seven-year-old lesbian who accidentally becomes the receptionist at a Catholic Church. She is also a hypochondriac and spends too much of her time thinking about death. She has been depressed essentially since she found her pet bunny dead at age eleven. Her parents are the opposite of helpful and wave her off anytime she mentions her or her brother, Eli, getting mental health counseling. This book really shows how living in a household like that while mentally ill can have an intensely negative effect on a person.

This story is for sure character-driven as there is not a straight forward plot. This book is definitely not for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. There are a ridiculous amount of content warnings such as suicidal thoughts, panic disorders, homophobia, etc. so reader beware.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Animal death, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Dementia, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

nicoleanthony's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Self harm, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit