'Funny about death, real about anxiety, witty about the things that worry us the most' Emma Gannon, author of Olive 'So fundamentally kind that you can feel the warmth coming off each page' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days Meet Gilda. She cannot stop thinking about death. Desperate for relief from her anxious mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local church and finds herself abruptly hired to replace the deceased receptionist Grace. It's not the most ...
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'Funny about death, real about anxiety, witty about the things that worry us the most' Emma Gannon, author of Olive 'So fundamentally kind that you can feel the warmth coming off each page' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days Meet Gilda. She cannot stop thinking about death. Desperate for relief from her anxious mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local church and finds herself abruptly hired to replace the deceased receptionist Grace. It's not the most obvious job - she's queer and an atheist for starters - and so in between trying to learn mass, hiding her new maybe-girlfriend and conducting an amateur investigation into Grace's death, Gilda must avoid revealing the truth of her mortifying existence. A blend of warmth, deadpan humour, and pitch-perfect observations about the human condition, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling exploration of what it takes to stay afloat in a world where your expiration - and the expiration of those you love - is the only certainty.
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Everyone in this Room Will Someday be Dead isn't the snappiest of titles but as it focusses on atheist, hypochondriac Gilda who suffers from extreme social anxiety and depression it seems somewhat apt!
Getting inside Gilda's head is tricky but author Emily Austin paints a realistic and sad picture. Parts of Gilda's character feels very relatable, and then there are some choices she makes that have you cringing in frustration. There's a dark humour running through the piece - it isn't laugh out loud funny, but it is amusing in parts and this helps engage you into the plot. I think the blurb touting it as 'hilarious' is a bad misstep in setting expectations for the reader that the book can't meet though.
As far as plots go not much really happens throughout - there's a slight mystery solved but it's more about the journey and the characters. The ending does spiral a bit as Gilda becomes less hooked into reality. I was expecting a massive twist such as Gilda becoming an unreliable narrator and turning everything we had been told on its head. Once I'd had this idea, the actual ending was a bit of a let-down and felt rushed unfortunately!
Overall, Everyone in this Room Will Someday be Dead is a dark tale of anxiety and depression but without a solidly anchored plot ultimately feels a little unfinished. Thank you to NetGalley & Atlantic Books - Atlantic fiction for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
