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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
10 reviews
ngbarfield's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Alcoholism, Animal death, Car accident, and Death
dfbballinger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Violence, and Mental illness
Minor: Transphobia
froggybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Vomit, and Car accident
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Alcoholism
skudiklier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I have anxiety and I related to Gilda a lot while reading it (though she struggles with it way more than I do, and I have a much easier time asking for help). I loved the way this was written, in genuinely every way that could be interpreted. I'm amazed by how relatable and funny this was while also being so dark and existential. I was so drawn in and cared so much about what was going to happen to everyone involved.
Honestly I have absolutely zero complaints about this book. I mean...I wish maybe we'd gotten a glimpse of Eli at the end to see what happened there? But I understand why the author may have wanted to leave some things open-ended, and I'm satisfied with what we did get to see at the end. I can't recommend this book enough.
Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, and Death
Moderate: Outing, Self harm, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Body horror, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Sexism, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Child death, Dementia, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Rape, Cancer, and Mass/school shootings
major cw for dissociation, depression, and anxietythesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, Medical content, Vomit, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Animal death, and Sexism
samvansam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Animal death, Car accident, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Dementia, and Confinement
Minor: Pregnancy, Cancer, Stalking, Sexism, Terminal illness, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
sweetsxrrxw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
before you keep reading: THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. i've seen many people who did not finish it because they thought it was too depressive for them. that's their opinion and i totally respect it. i saw somebody say it's kind of a lighter version of "a little life" and, even though i haven't read the latter book, i agree. this story doesn't really contain any tropes or big plots, it's more about a character study.
anyways, if i could express what i felt while reading this book i think it'd simply be: wow. it's been more than a week since i finished it but i'm still feeling in awe. i am not a lesbian, neither an atheist nor somebody struggling with anxiety. however i don't think i have ever related to a book character as much as i did with gilda. i usually pick up books as a form of escapism but this was the total opposite. it felt like the author zoomed in onto my brain and decided to analyze and share some of my thoughts. i would love to list a few that hit so close that i began to feel kinda scared lmao. i am mainly doing this for myself so i guess you can skip this part if you're curious in reading my review!
- first of all we have gilda being in a point of her life where she can't picture and older version of herself, which leads to her lack of motivation. personally, since i was a child, i believed i wouldn't make it to past my twenties. so now, as an almost-19-year-old i feel kinda lost in life. i have no purpose and doing literally anything can feel so exhausting at times.
- then there's gilda hating being the center of attention but worrying about others more than she worries about herself. idk what made me turn into that kind of person but i think i would also rather
endure pain by myself than call an ambulance and let everybody know i'm in pain, lmao. and, idk but the fact that she kept looking for mittens over and over again throughout the book and that she could never have a pet or something she loves because she would never recover from its death; her believing every single human deserves to feel validated (not herself tho)... woah, it had me whispering "so me" all the time - gilda struggling to believe she's an actual person; that she exists physically. i can't really explain this but i everytime i try to think about my own existence and people perceiving me and being aware of my existence, staring at my reflection in a mirror... i just feel so weird. it's like a part of me can't really accept that fact? plus the feeling like you're a total different person from a month ago. idk but i felt so seen knowing im not the only one who deals with this lmao.
- feeling kind of sad when someone does something nice for her? if i am not wrong, there's a point in the book where she describes it as "heartbreaking" and god, i could not relate more to that. it's not only someone giving me a present but the whole process behind it: thinking about it, choosing it, spending time and money OVER ME. even the small steps are super meaningful to me, it's hard to believe that someone believes the things i say. i don't know everything just feels so ????? this just brings back again one of the earlier points i've highlighted: if i am totally insignificant, why would you do this for me?
so yeah, to sum up i just really related to gilda. one thing i loved about her was that, althoug she was really struggling with her mental health, her love for eleanor remained the same all along. of course, love can't cure mental illnesses but i find so endearing how her manic and intrusive thoughts would stop everytime she was with her only to focus on whatever she had to say or to enjoy as much as she could their time together.
another character i really loved too was eli! i absolutely adored how he was always there for his sister, willing to protect her from everything and everyone. i wish we could have got to see more of his development cause he truly deserves a happy ending too :(
i really liked the ending. i love how she ends up
ps: the book gets bonus points for mentioning the title in the story!
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Animal death, and Homophobia
Minor: Death of parent and Cancer
nialiversuch's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Dysphoria, Grief, Murder, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Alcohol, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Car accident, Cursing, Dementia, Medical content, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Vomit
silkyteapot's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Homophobia
Minor: Death of parent
dahyol's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Murder, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Religious bigotry