Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

490 reviews

arsmithwick19's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Car accident

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad

• 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

Probably one of the most relatable books I've read
(maybe don't read it if you're feeling particularly anxious or depressed)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Lesbophobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

glitterdeww's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead could very well become one of my top recommended books. This story talks (shocker) about death and our individual relationships with death. But like any extreme... We cannot fully appreciate the magnitude of something like death without concurrently appreciating it's opposite... Life. And THIS, this is what I think this book does so well. In ruminating, almost obsessively, on death and dying, we are pushed into thinking about life, meaning, love and community. 

It's hard to describe just how closely and acutely this book follows the thoughts of a severely depressed person. From Gilda's perception, we see the world through an expansive range of emotions. It is as if the entire spectrum of human feeling is laid out for us through her scattered internal monologue. It is both comforting and extremely uncomfortable, showing the rich dichotomy of what it means to be alive. 

"I can't believe that I'm alive.
I can't believe that I can believe anything." 😭❤️

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Animal death, and Lesbophobia

arisyes's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief

rideauriverreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Homophobia, Medical content, and Vomit

agracerobinson's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Confinement, Self harm, Murder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Addiction, Animal death, and Death

sxndaze's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

Oh my god I just wish you were smiling.

Now, do you ever think about how people might wish that for you?

Beautiful stream of conscious novel. You have to be in the right mindset to read this. It’s dark and funny and a little heartbreaking all at once. The ending feels a little abrupt, but it’s still a joy to read.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Homophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

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

stripes_and_naps's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book and flew through it. I felt like the portrayal of anxiety/depression was very well written and relatable. I’m looking forward to reading more by this author in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Ableism, Animal death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Car accident

Minor: Religious bigotry, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Blood, and Dementia

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