Overall I feel that this book is simply just not for me as a reader. The writing was great, it's a wonderful character driven novel, but I just couldn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. I definitely feel that this will be relatable and helpful to other readers.

Thank you NetGalley and Atria books for this advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

I love when you pick up a book to read (in this case listen) and you're pleasantly surprised by how much you ended up loving it. I'll be honest.. I picked this book up because the title intrigued me & then I listen to this one on audio and just wow.

I've read books where you read about panic attacks on page, but this book is such a stream of consciousness I feel like I've never read before. It will make you feel so much for the FMC while simultaneously making you HOWL from laughter. Gilda was everything in this book. Living inside of her mind was an experience. I went through so many emotions.

I binged this on audio & I am giving it all the stars for it's extremely realistic portrayal of mental health issues while also keeping you entertained.

This was a peek on to depression & anxiety I won’t soon forget. I expected dark humor, and definitely received some dark. I did find some parts pretty humorous and helpful, as in, “At least I haven’t done that yet!” A great read with lots of relatable material. Peculiar situations.

I was provided an ARC for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

This one wasn't really for me. I took a chance and the story just didn't work for me. Gilda, a twenty-something lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she’s there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace.

I really loved the writing and the characters in this one but something about it didn't quite gel for me. That could easily just be a personal preference about my reading tastes. It's obvious that Austin is very talented, so I wouldn't dissuade anyone from reading it, and I thought the set-up was quite clever.

I absolutely did not intend on picking up this book and then finishing it in one sitting, but I did exactly that. Immediate five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

This might just be my favourite book of the year! Take an anxious people pleaser and add in a misunderstanding. And voila! You have an atheist lesbian working for the Catholic church. I laughed, cried, and related to book on so many levels! It is simply a fantastic must read book!

this was super compelling and hard to read, all at once. i definitely am looking forward to more books by this author.

Gilda is a lesbian atheist who can't stop thinking about death. When she goes to a local church in hopes of finding therapy, she ends up embroiled in a murder that finally propels her to reflect on her depression, anxiety and possible chart a path forward,

I'm not sure I've read a more heartwarming, morbid book in my life and I'm so happy I did, because I felt incredibly seen.

To listen to Gilda's ruminations and spirals on death felt like turning back a page on my childhood and even adult notebooks. For a long time I thought I was the only one demented enough to fixate on these types of thoughts, Austin does such an incredible job of capturing the true anxiety of it all, without making Gilda a joke.

Perfect for fans of Sally Rooney, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is an instant classic, I very much look forward to whatever Austin writes next.

I deal with anxiety and depression and this book spoke to me. I’ve been recommending it to a bunch of reading buddies. I laughed and I cried while listening. One of my top books of the year.

In some ways I could relate to some of the endless anxious thoughts in Gilda’s head. At the same time, she exhausted me within the first chapter. I think this book has great mental health representation, it just wasn’t exactly a good time or an enjoyable read for me. I ended up skipping many pages just to see if she ever got any real help. In skipping those pages, I missed exactly zero of the story because barely anything happened. I won a copy of this book in a Goodreads Giveaway and I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley, so thanks to both!

Too "quirky" for me. Felt forced.
Feels very much like a story for someone that likes to seem cool.
I can see the potential and why someone would like it but for me the story fell flat and main character was hard to swallow.

I loved this!!! I was intrigued from the title and cover alone but this is everything I love in a story

WOW, what a book! Emily Austin you officially have my weird little anxious heart in your grasp.

Reading this book felt like in anxiety spiral (in the best way because I wasn't actually in an anxiety spiral). The building tension, the spiraling out of control, the sudden random intrusive thoughts... Austin’s writing was deeply evocative of inconsistencies and absurdities that fill your brain when every possible worry and thought feels adamantly true.

I cried on the bus while I finished this, and that feels exactly like what Gilda would do.

I received a copy of this in exchange for my honest review. Thank you NetGalley.

This book was definitely unique. We meet our main character Gilda - an extremely anxious lesbian who is slightly ..obsessed about death.. but in a panicky way. haha. She takes on a job at a church where she becomes overly involved / concerned with the death of the receptionist before her.

The book is morbidly funny and actually pretty relatable for those who are also anxious as hell.

a quick, engaging, unique read. worth it.

I was so profoundly moved by the message and plotline in this article and am seriously so thankful to Atria Books, NetGalley, and Emily Austin for granting me access to this magnificent read before it was set to publish to the public. I always appreciate well-done literary fiction, and I definitely count Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead as a well-done publication.

This book kind of all over the place but in a very human way. the way it made me face inwards and feel like I was staring in a mirror dimension of myself is something I will not take for granted.
I truly enjoyed this read, I do have to remember to read it again when my head can take the heavy "humannes" of it all.

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead has one of the most relatable narrators I’ve ever read. Queer, existential, dark, witty, and I want to be her friend. The relationship was a sweet and real depiction of queer love. Romantic without being saccharine. I‘ll be watching out for anything Emily R. Henry releases in the future.

I loved this book. Gilda has an extremely bad case of being in the wrong place at the right time. The people at the ER know her by name. She goes looking for free therapy and instead she happens into a job (which she needed, but not exactly). Gilda's luck isn't really luck—in fact, it's starting to compound her anxiety—and her new job as a receptionist is...coomplicated. But an atheist lesbian working at a Catholic church will certainly have a tale to tell, and Gilda's is one of crippling depression, overwhelming compassion and, maybe not so surprising, unfettered hope. You might surprise yourself, like I did, and cry some ugly tears.

This story absolutely gripped me from the first page to the last. I read it in one sitting. It was not easy, it was definitely uncomfortable, but it truly felt like I was living in Gilda's head. I wanted to know everything she was going to think and do next.

Thank you to the author for the gifted book!