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Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead
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Book Brief
256
Novel • Fiction
Contemporary
2021
Adult
18+ years
Super Short Summary
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin follows Gilda, a 27-year-old lesbian atheist, who, seeking mental health support after a car accident and job loss, accidentally ends up working at a Catholic church. She pretends to be a heterosexual Catholic woman while navigating her fragile mental health, a double life, and a murder investigation into the previous secretary's death. Includes alcohol addiction, anti-gay bias and slurs, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, and a death by suicide.
Melancholic
Dark
Contemplative
Unnerving
Humorous
Reviews & Readership
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Review Roundup
Emily Austin's Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is praised for its dark humor and raw depiction of anxiety and existential dread. Critics appreciate the relatable protagonist and nuanced exploration of mental health. However, some find the pacing slow and the plot somewhat repetitive. Overall, it's a poignant, if occasionally uneven, debut.
Who Should Read Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead?
Readers who enjoy introspective, character-driven narratives with dark humor about mental health will appreciate Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead by Emily Austin. Fans of Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner or Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman will find this book compelling.
71,109 ratings
Loved it
Mixed feelings
Not a fan
256
Novel • Fiction
Contemporary
2021
Adult
18+ years
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