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funny
reflective
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
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-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
Totally unexpected. A delightful, well-paced story set in St. Thomas, Ontario (London representttt). Perfectly narrated by Emily Tremaine.
Gilda’s anxiety gave me anxiety :( Loved her though, just too real 4 me!
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is such a quick, but vivid, and relatable book about anxiety and depression. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is laugh-out-loud funny at points, and also quietly sad and heartbreaking at others. The first person narration is very, very voice-y and stream-of-conscious, and the observations and asides that Gilda makes are the best part of the novel.
A very easy recommend.
A very easy recommend.
Emily R. Austin, you are a genius. This book was not an easy read by any means, but it is an important one!!
Gilda is depressed and she has anxiety. She is an atheist, a lesbian and she can not tell the truth to save her life .... literally.
Gilda is unemployed, and needs a job, however when she finds herself at the local Catholic church, she is looking to join a therapy group, but instead lands herself a job. She is taking over a job from a lady who has passed away, and Gilda is in the right place at the right time. Gilda needs help, but will she get it??
This story is told in a way to make you feel the anxiety and depression that Gilda feels. Short choppy sentences, random thoughts all of which make you FEEL what the character is feeling. So much so, that I had to put the book down just to get perspective. I have never read a book that showed just what mental illness feels like. I have personally known many that have felt this way and because of this book, I can now relate more to them. And that is why I say it is an important book! Just WOW!
Thank you to Netgalley and Atria Books for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Gilda is depressed and she has anxiety. She is an atheist, a lesbian and she can not tell the truth to save her life .... literally.
Gilda is unemployed, and needs a job, however when she finds herself at the local Catholic church, she is looking to join a therapy group, but instead lands herself a job. She is taking over a job from a lady who has passed away, and Gilda is in the right place at the right time. Gilda needs help, but will she get it??
This story is told in a way to make you feel the anxiety and depression that Gilda feels. Short choppy sentences, random thoughts all of which make you FEEL what the character is feeling. So much so, that I had to put the book down just to get perspective. I have never read a book that showed just what mental illness feels like. I have personally known many that have felt this way and because of this book, I can now relate more to them. And that is why I say it is an important book! Just WOW!
Thank you to Netgalley and Atria Books for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
challenging
dark
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Anxious, awkward and cringe main character, just like me.
funny
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book made me laugh out loud so many times. I love the main character’s neurotic, neurodivergent brain. I saw so much of myself in her. The way she just let things spiral out of control kept me on edge- I never knew where it was going.