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Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily Austin

16 reviews

cecilialau_'s review against another edition

3.75

Okay, so I skim or preferably avoid blurbs with books as I think they tend to reveal too much or make room for wrong impressions. A spoiler further down will explain more…
Anyway, I thought the writing was easily digestible, had a good flow to it. I wouldn’t say it’s a funny-haha kind of book, but there’s some lighthearted humour in there along with more morbid/dark/profound parts.
The main character seems at the height of experiencing (relatable, speaking for myself) anxiety-ridden human emotions. She has got herself to a bit of a point of no return. And told in paragraphs sort of a vignette-y style where we learn about family relationships for example. That she comes from a family where everything has to seem picture perfect-surface level. And she is experiencing the consequences of being completely dismissed in who she fully is and having her emotions invalidated.

I was surprised when the police wanted to question Gilda. Thought at first it was her imagination so it was a bit far out to me initially, but I was really glad to see how she finally explained herself and vocalised her feelings to all the ppl involved through voicemails at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Death, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Medical content

tea_kettle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness

Minor: Bullying, Self harm, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Homophobia, Stalking, and Eating disorder

adanibear's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Car accident, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Minor: Murder, Lesbophobia, Classism, Suicide, and Death

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

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

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

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I liked the protagonist, but I wasn’t very hooked on the plot. The resolution of the mystery felt unsatisfying. However, I can absolutely see this being someone’s favorite book. The perspective of the protagonist accurately describes the thoughts of an extremely anxious and depressed woman. As one myself, I can confirm. I’d recommend it to fans of Kathleen Glasgow and Turtles All the Way Down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Vomit, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Addiction

Minor: Religious bigotry, Dementia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Blood, Self harm, Sexism, Cancer, Misogyny, Stalking, and Animal death

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

samvansam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Animal death, Car accident, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Dementia, and Confinement

Minor: Pregnancy, Cancer, Stalking, Sexism, Terminal illness, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

frantically's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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? No

4.5

This book had me laughing at 6am and wanting to sob about my dead guinea pigs and realising (once again) how cult-ish the Catholic Church is and it made me happy I went to therapy because my thoughts used to be just like Gildas and it made me want to hug my little brother and also thank the Eleanors of the world for existing. In love with Austin's writing style but I also need a more normal book after this because it feels like I'm living in this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Car accident, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

itsbumley's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cannibalism, and Car accident

hidemybook's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Moderate: Pregnancy and Vomit