Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

Loved the book, but knocked off a star because we don't get any closure on Eli. Like...at all. And Eli's struggle was a central theme in the book. Usually that wouldn't bother me so much, and may not have caused a whole star off but it ended up feeling like Eli's gender identity and the mental health issues they faced from being in a wholly unsupportive environment were just tokenism. I want better for trans characters. The least authors and editors can do is not toss them aside in the final act of the book.

This felt like what a downwards spiral feels like. Gilda is a lesbian who while looking for help ends up at a catholic church and doesn't say no when they mistake her as the new hire.
Gilda is often ruminating about death and that life feels like it could be cut short at any moment. There were parts that felt like disassociating. Just simply existing but I'm a total daze.

OMG I'm not crying...you're crying!

This was a wonderful read! So completely different to what I normally read and definitely not something I should've chosen for myself given my history. Let's just say Gilda was a little too familiar....

Lovely. Emotional. Introspective. Def recommend.

Review of copy received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I liked this book, and I did like the main character Gilda. I hadn't thought that the book would be quite so much of a downer - perhaps calling it a hilarious book is a bit misleading. There's certainly amusing parts, but reading it when you're feeling down isn't perhaps the best idea.

Still glad I read it!