Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

106 reviews

cstark's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

It was weird. It was challenging. Moments of it were beautiful. It was distressing. It was real. Moments of it were everything I have ever wanted to forget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Self harm, Vomit, Murder, Dementia, Mental illness, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death

Huh

sallychinaski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

5.0

escribo esto justo después de leerlo mientras sigo llorando porque no creo que jamás vaya a recuperarme emocionalmente de lo que ha sido leerlo.

siento que Gilda soy yo, que absolutamente todo lo que le pasa por la cabeza (la muerte, los pensamientos intrusivos, la necesidad de que los demás estén bien y sean felices, el paso del tiempo, la inutilidad de la existencia), todo, absolutamente todo, lo he sufrido y lo sufro pensando constantemente si el problema soy yo.

no lo soy, pero es tan difícil llegar a ser feliz, ser capaz de limpiar los platos, ducharse, salir de la cama, contestar a la gente que quieres y quedarte en sus vidas a pesar del miedo latente a decepcionarles y el pánico a que se preocupen por ti… es tan difícil salir del bucle que siempre es más fácil quedarse en él.

pero yo solo quiero ser feliz. serlo un rato.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Vomit and Transphobia

antbee19's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

marieke17's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

best book i’ve ever read!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Vomit

glimmeringgrove's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

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

5.0

Emily Austin took such care when crafting her characters and narrative for this story. It's grim in many respects, a constant reminder of death and the inevitability of it. But it is also quite beautiful, a reminder that longevity is not what makes life worth it. It's not how much you achieve or what you contribute. It's about just being human in all of its grisly and magical aspects. After all, you are never the only one suffering.

I wouldn't call this a pick-me-up by any means. Yet I mark it as hopeful. I do not believe hope always has to come from a cozy comfortable narrative. Sometimes, hope comes from relating to a protagonist's struggles and watching them come out okay in the end. Not perfect. Not everything was magically fixed.  But things have improved. And sometimes that's far more than any of us ever realize we can get. 

I read this from my library but I plan to own it soon. One day I will reread it when I need a reminder that I am not crazy. I am human. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

Minor: Self harm

ericaw212's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Gilda and I have a lot of the same thoughts and I enjoyed seeing them in a book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Self harm, and Murder

midnightbelles's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This style of writing was very fun to read considering the content bc I process and think things similar to Gilda. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Animal death, Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

plantedpaperbacks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-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

5.0

Ummm… I need more time to process this one 🫢  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Murder

littlemelly's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.25

going into this book, I expected a comical story about an atheist lesbian who starts working at a church by a ridiculous accident. and while those parts of the synopsis are true, I was unpleasantly surprised by the framing of anxiety disorders in the text. proceed with caution: the book may be triggering for someone who isn't prepared to dissect their mind under a microscope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief, Death, Terminal illness, and Suicide

Minor: Gaslighting

heathermesley's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Vomit

Graphic depictions of dissociative disorders, especially depersonalisation.