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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Addiction
dark
funny
reflective
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
Even though this book made me laugh out loud I felt bad because it is also very dark and sad. I feel better knowing that Grace would have found it funny too.
emotional
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book destroyed me. It made me laugh out loud and it also made me ugly cry a lot. I have never related to a character this much. She just like me fr!! The debilitating empathy, the intrusive and overwhelming knowledge of mortality starting way too young, like what the fuck
"I don't really owe anyone anything. I am an animal, brought into existence without my consent, left scrounging to get by."
"It's easy for me to accept that I am a bacterial, or a parasite, or cancer. It's easy for me to accept that my life is trivial, and that I am a speck of dust. It is hard for me to accept that for the people around me, however. It's hard for me to accept that my brother's life doesn't matter, or that old women who die don't matter, or even that rabbits or cats don't matter. I feel simultaneously intensely insignificant and hyperaware of how important everyone is."
"I don't really owe anyone anything. I am an animal, brought into existence without my consent, left scrounging to get by."
"It's easy for me to accept that I am a bacterial, or a parasite, or cancer. It's easy for me to accept that my life is trivial, and that I am a speck of dust. It is hard for me to accept that for the people around me, however. It's hard for me to accept that my brother's life doesn't matter, or that old women who die don't matter, or even that rabbits or cats don't matter. I feel simultaneously intensely insignificant and hyperaware of how important everyone is."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit
There moments in this book that I did laugh out loud, but this is not a “funny” book. Is a book about a person struggling with severe anxiety. Their times in this book where Gilda is being crushed under the weight of her anxiety. I really felt that weight as I was reading.
Gilda is such an incredibly real character. What struck me the most about Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead was just how full Gilda felt. I was really and truly inside her head. Of course, it helped that the book was in first-person, but there really wasn't any moment that felt like narration in the traditional sense, which I feel can still happen with first-person novels. The whole book just felt like you were following along with Gilda's life.
I felt badly for her the whole book, because clearly she needs professional help, but she's preventing anyone from helping her and her family is too clueless to pick up on it. But at the same time, she entertained me. Emily Austin struck a nice balance of keeping things humorous and lighthearted alongside more serious depictions of severe anxiety. My only quibble with this particular aspect of the book was that
The whole concept of atheist lesbian accidentally working at a Catholic church is a hoot, and I do wish we had seen a bit more of the funnier aspects of this situation. But overall, Gilda's character really carried this novel, but that's okay because it's how it was meant to be.
I felt badly for her the whole book, because clearly she needs professional help, but she's preventing anyone from helping her and her family is too clueless to pick up on it. But at the same time, she entertained me. Emily Austin struck a nice balance of keeping things humorous and lighthearted alongside more serious depictions of severe anxiety. My only quibble with this particular aspect of the book was that
Spoiler
I felt Gilda's problems were solved too easily in the end. Yes, she apologizes to everyone, but that won't cure her anxiety. There was no indication that she got professional help or that her antidepressants started working, yet she was functioning perfectly normally. It was honestly a bit surprising how quickly that issue got resolved, considering it was the very foundation of the book.The whole concept of atheist lesbian accidentally working at a Catholic church is a hoot, and I do wish we had seen a bit more of the funnier aspects of this situation. But overall, Gilda's character really carried this novel, but that's okay because it's how it was meant to be.