A review by sapphistoire
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

It took me waaaay too long to finally pick up this book. The 'tagline' it has received of following a 27-year-old depressed atheist lesbian who accidentally gets a job in a Catholic church obviously led it to being on my radar for a while, and I even preordered it, but I think I truly appreciated it more now than I would have at the time of release. For one, I really saw my younger self in the main character and having read this book at the time would probably have caused me to spiral! But now I feel like I have a deeper level of understanding of her and how she is dealing (or rather, not) with her depression. A couple of things about the Catholic church confused me but thank God for my girlfriend having a Catholic upbringing (also sorry they had to go through that!) for explaining things to me!

Took half a star off because at times the writing and references felt a little outdated even for when it was written and even though a large chunk of the book was wrapped up by the end, I hate an open ending! Looking forward to reading the author's other books hopefully in February!