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

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Overall, I really enjoyed a lot of aspects of this book. i think the writing style was nice and i liked the mini plots that you followed in between the others. i like that gilda’s big growth didn’t even come from the church or even jeff? which i really liked because it felt like it was going to? but the main growth moment and realization came in tandem from rosemary and her own actualization and reflection about death. 

i liked how the theme of her fearing death of others but not herself is very reverent even from the beginning. it made the pay off that much more satisfying. i think the end got there a bit fast? pace wise that was my biggest issue. i think it read well anyway.

i also liked the transitions and layout of the book and a lot of the quotes also. some felt a little like “omg i am astute” but were really kinda overdone? 

all in all, i liked the book and though it did a lot of good with keeping strong in gilda’s reasonings but wasn’t completely satisfied with the ending but did love some of the elements of the ending regardless. 

OH!! and i liked that the cat didn’t die. i also liked a lot of the symbolism the author established for gilda’s depression, hope, suicidal tendencies, etc. 
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