refractionsofray 's review for:

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
3.0
tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
This one I didn't enjoy as much as we could be rats, but I still appreciated
the commentary on life, anxiety, depression, mental health, and the difficulty with elder euthanasia, how it affects those around them and how the pain of living harms them. It's never as simple as it's okay or it's not okay. It's so complex, and this books looks at this through a lens of mental health that left me feeling anxious myself. Austin captured the intense nature of anxiety well, while leaving enough breaks that I didn't feel like I had to put the book down for longer than an hour or so
  If I hadn't read we could be rats prior, I'm not sure I would have returned to her as an author as intentionally as I am currently, but still has a strong message and I'm glad I picked it up
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