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mmccombs's review
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness
Moderate: Outing, Infidelity, Murder, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury
sapphotoni's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Stalking and Mental illness
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Homophobia
Minor: Sexual content, Self harm, and Vomit
matchamelon'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: Mental illness
Moderate: Outing, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders
eujenia_m'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
4.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Outing, Abandonment, Grief, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts
ceredonia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Outing, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, and 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