A review by thereadingscorpios
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

emotional funny medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

gilda is a twenty-something lesbian atheist who often thinks about death. one day she accidentally accepts a job as a secretary at her local catholic church. to scared to tell the truth, gilda slowly surrounds herself in lies. she can't tell the old receptionist's friend that she's dead, she can't tell a guy she doesn't want to date him since she's gay, and she can't tell anyone how bad her mental health is.

i really liked this book! as someone who struggles with anxiety i could really relate to gilda. i saw myself in her a bunch of times. 

this book is cynical, funny, and so real. the streams of consciousness parts really shows the reader a part of gilda's brain, and i very much enjoyed that. it was easy to read, even with the unpredictable time-jumps. 

something i missed, though, was the fact that we never got to see everyone's reaction when gilda finally told the truth. how did they react? is she still working at the church? well, i guess those questions will have to remain unanswered. 

nevertheless, i would really like to check out austin's other works and see if it's worth reading!
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