Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily Austin

39 reviews

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad

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

4.0

Probably one of the most relatable books I've read
(maybe don't read it if you're feeling particularly anxious or depressed)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Lesbophobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

agracerobinson's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Confinement, Self harm, Murder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Addiction, Animal death, and Death

readwithserena's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Addiction, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Death

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Self harm, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Medical content, Outing, Infidelity, Cursing, Bullying, Vomit, and Death

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

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Bullying

soniuz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Car accident, Mental illness, Bullying, Grief, Vomit, Animal death, Death, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Suicide

ally_reads_'s review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad 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: Suicide, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Grief, and Bullying

transientmuffins's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Bullying, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Suicide, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

zzfinch's review against another edition

funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

“I feel simultaneously intensely insignificant and hyper aware of how important everyone is.” This existential stream of consciousness style story of an obsessive compulsive girl Gilda, who is navigating regular interactions that lead to unconventional predicaments. It’s laugh out loud funny and hard to put down. What a strange and beautifully vivid recounting of every worry and memory in her head. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death and Bullying

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

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