anika222 's review for:

Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

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I find it really interesting that hilarious is the first adjective used to describe this book - it’s not really ha ha funny. It is irreverent and relatable and profound and immensely enjoyable for some of the most dark themes which I saw myself reflected in. It was also an incredibly apt description of “high functioning” anxiety/depression cycles. The ending was slightly too optimistic imo but I’m not mad about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit

Re: death content warning - this was mostly the theme of death. All deaths were off page, no description of the actual process of death. However, death and dying were major topics throughout.