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elderwoodreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking
Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Ableism
Minor: Toxic friendship, Rape, Lesbophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, and Homophobia
agracerobinson's review
- 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
Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Stalking, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Murder
kaywhiteley's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Rape
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
yayathegreat38's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Torture, Rape, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Vomit, Self harm, Sexual violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Eating disorder
soyb3an's review
- 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
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Self harm, Stalking, Mental illness, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, Grief, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
anajailer's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Rape, Violence, and Torture
Minor: Homophobia
skudiklier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved the way this was written, in every way you could love how a novel is written. There's something about Austin's writing that's just so perfect to me--it's relatable, it's interesting, it's funny, it's real, it's entertaining, it's engaging. I never had a dull moment while reading this, and couldn't put it down. I was rooting for Enid so much. This book also kind of fucked me up in more than one way, not gonna lie. I cried, I found some of it a little too relatable, and I got so sucked in at a couple points that I was worried the book would ruin my day (in a way that's both actually bad but also a real credit to the writing, in my opinion). But! It didn't ruin my day. I'm so glad I read this book and I can't wait for Emily Austin to write more books so I can get to experience feelings like this again. Genuinely, both this and Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead are the kind of books I would pay money to be able to forget and read again for the first time. I want to reread this again for sure, and I can't wait for it to come out so more people will read and talk about it.
Smaller comments for anyone who has read Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead and maybe could be worried it's the same for some reason (? idk): in comparison, I found Interesting Facts About Space to be less tense/stressful to read, and maybe more hopeful/happy in a way. (Moderate spoilers ahead for both books:)
Oh and another even smaller note--I wondered at many points while reading Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead if Gilda was autistic, but the book never addressed that, which was fine. While reading Interesting Facts About Space I kept thinking "this is the most autistic bitch I've ever read," so I was excited when the therapist mentioned she might be autistic. (For context I'm also autistic.)
I have so much I could say about this book but I don't even know where to start. Maybe when I inevitably reread it I'll come back and update this with some of my favorite parts. But genuinely it's like.....the entire book is my favorite? Everything about it? I'm just so glad I got to read it, and I'd recommend it to anyone (with my only reservation being if your mental health is *really* bad in similar ways to Enid's, then maybe this would be a little too real sometimes...but that's such a personal thing so who knows).
Thank you so much to Atria Books and Netgalley for the chance to read and review this ARC.
Graphic: Ableism, Stalking, Mental illness, and Abandonment
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Minor: Self harm, Outing, Vomit, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism
readingwithgoose's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Stalking, and Mental illness
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Infidelity
Minor: Outing, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm