Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily Austin

16 reviews

logsbooklog's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

this is a quick, engaging read but good lord is it miserable. it’s uncomfortable and all over the place and the vignettes bounce around like pinball, though i acknowledge a lot of this is on purpose. i found a lot of it bordered on misanthropic and the ending speeds through tying loose ends like a bullet train. i didn’t hate it but i didn’t really like it either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Vomit, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Car accident, Religious bigotry, and Panic attacks/disorders

nialystic's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma and Death

kat_in_a_tree's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-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: Animal death, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

sofff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Iban a ser 5 estrellas hasta la primera mitad del libro. Perdió un poco de su encanto cuando

Gilda es arrestada, demas de que la muerte de grace parace que se resolvió sin más.

la primera mitad salva el libro completamente. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide

annie_crossings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

This book was like reading my thoughts on a page at a time. It has highly overwhelming but also deeply comforting. Gilda, the main character, felt like me in an almost scary way at times. The ending was incredibly resonant, with things not wrapping up perfectly but with a clear hopeful outlook to the future. I broke out into tears a few times in the book. There were also some very big shocks and twists in the book but all were appropriate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Grief, Car accident, Animal death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

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

autumnrls's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

This book was billed to me by several reviewers as "funny." I cried through the final third.  I find it hard to give a star rating as a result. I think I will be reflecting on this for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

pernillelsk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia