"All of You Every Single One" is a queer historical fiction novel set in early 1900s Vienna. This is a slow-burn book with several intersecting threads and characters that weave together carefully. This novel was perhaps too slow at times, and also difficult to follow at the beginning--I had trouble understanding which stories were important to keep track of or why they were being told. The first half of the novel explores themes of found family and centers on a group of neighbors who live on the margins of society but who band together to help each other get by and fulfill each other's deepest wishes. As the timeline moves toward mid-century, the book shifts to focus on the horrors of life under the growing influence of Nazis in the lead-up to World War II.

I enjoyed the depiction of progressive bohemian life in Vienna, and the centering of queer characters. I also cared about these characters a lot, and could not stop reading at the end as I was worried about what would happen to them under Nazi occupation. I wish the various characters interconnected a bit more deftly, or that the author/editor removed some of the fringe characters from the novel--many of them felt superfluous by the end or were introduced at odd times, and the author could have instead used the space to develop some of the central characters who I feel I did not get enough of (more about Eve and Anders, please!)

This was performed by two narrators who both did an excellent job, but they also sounded extremely similar to one another. I honestly could not tell you which narrator was responsible for which voice and/or section, which added to my confusion over the many story lines.

Thank you to NetGalley and Orange Sky Audio for the audio ARC!

This historical fiction novel has a lot to offer. If you enjoy an inclusive, “found family” friend group, multiple points of view, and an interesting plot, look no further. Eve & Julia are in love, must leave a conventional marriage behind, & escape to Vienna where they can live a more open, comfortable life together. It is in Vienna that they meet a group of friends through Rolf & this novel follows these individuals through different points in their lives.

The author did a great job with lgbtqia+ representation. That was by far my favorite part of this novel. I also loved the “found family” friend group that existed between the two couples throughout their lives.

While I enjoyed aspects of this novel, I had a really hard time with it as well. I listened to this audiobook & it has some spaces that skipped (however was easy to piece together the plot). The novel starts with following Eve & Julia, but as other characters are introduced it shares their points of view as well. It felt jumbled. I felt like we were given so many points of view without ever really knowing what any of the characters were feeling. It all felt very superficial. The plot also felt all over the place. This novel had a lot of potential, but fell a little flat for me.

All of You Every Single One is an intriguing book about two women in their twenties who embark on a relationship in Vienna in the early to mid 1900s. At the start they move into a bohemian Viennese neighborhood. I loved the setting and relationships they developed with their new neighbors. The characters were a little flat at times, but I was interested in where the story would go and about learning about queer communities did in the early 20th century. The audiobook was well-narrated and helped put me into the time and place of the story.

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

All of You Every Single One is a queer historical fiction novel by Beatrice Hitchman as her sophomore effort. The eBook version is 320 pages and was released earlier this year. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at eleven and a half hours and is narrated by Sophie Ward and Lara King. We follow multiple characters with alternating third-person points-of-view.

The Love Actually-esque period book is set in Vienna, Austria over the span of 1910 to 1946 and follows a series of relationships between queer individuals on the fringes of history. Julia Lindqvist, a woman in an unhappy yet wealthy marriage, leaves her husband to begin a passionate affair with Eve, a female tailor. Rolf, a friend of Julia and Eve's, and Emil start an affair even after Rolf swore he wouldn't catch feelings. The family of Ada Bauer, a women with aphonia, hope that Dr. Freud will help cure her condition without scandal. Ada Bauer, a woman with aphonia, has been abused by her cousin Emil, leading her to find comfort in and fall in love with Isabella, her cousin's fiancé.

This is a really interesting look at queer folks and characters dealing with disability at the fringes of history in the years spanning both world wars. After a hook at the beginning where a baby is being stolen and we watch Julia leave her husband to run away with Eve, the first half of the book is a wee bit meandering. There's a significant time jump around the 60% mark, when it starts delving into the slow rise of the Nazi regime and how it effects our group of characters and their various communities.

I really enjoyed the character study that was the first half of this book. We get a good amount of chapters from Julia's POV, and it would have been nice if instead we got more from Eve, as she wears a binder but her story is vague on whether she has dysphoria and/or is transgender. I didn't like the second half as much as I liked the first half. More POV characters are added and I just couldn't get as into their stories as I could with the folks we were originally following.

Tropes in this book include: found family, sapphic main characters, gay side characters, bisexual side characters

CW: homophobia, anti-Semitism, racism, sexual assault (on page), abuse, gaslighting

Special thanks to OrangeSky Audio and NetGalley for providing an audio galley of this book for me to review. All opinions contained herein are my own.

Do you ever just read or listen to a book and you know that it is objectively a good novel but just not the right one for you? Maybe it is the wrong time, or place but you just do not vibe with it. That was my experience with All of You Every Single One.


The novel follows a gay and lesbian couples during the 1900s in Vienna. Julia, Eve and Rolf were the best characters by far. I loved their relationships and the time we spent with them in the beginning 50% of the book but the rest just seemed to drag on. These three are the ONLY reason I finished the book, I wanted to see if any of their actions would have consciences (they did not) and how they would make it during the rise of the Nazi regime.


I did not care for Elsa, I found her to be a whiny brat with no regard for others and the danger she puts them in. She was just one of the many characters that were either underutilized, pushed aside or just plain forgotten as the story goes on.


Final Thoughts - Loved reading about the three main characters, whose history has been passed over but this was just a drawn-out book that did not keep me interested.


Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Dnf'd this at 11%. The narrator did their job well enough, but the writing was clunky. How the novel started out already didn't make much sense, and reading the other reviews, it won't get any better...

I wanted to finished this book, but it got very difficult to follow with the introduction of new characters. I was intrigued by plot and the relationship between the two main characters at the time this story is set. However, the pacing isn’t consistent and several times I had to rewind to understand. I think I would’ve been able to enjoy it further had it been a print issue!

This is the first book I have chosen to not finish. I had to listen to the first seven chapters twice to try and understand what was happening. It was hard to understand o only the plot but the narrator’s voice.

a new favourite. this book was as heartwarming as it was devastatingly sad. i was so invested in the story and characters that i felt fuzzy while performing any activities other than reading until i finished the book. i don’t think i’m going recover for several business days at least.

ARC of audiobook provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

2.75/5 ⭐️

If I am honest, it took me a while to write this review. I have such mixed feelings about this book that it is hard to fully articulate. While I was ready to give the first half of this book 4.5 stars, the second half fell flat for me. It starts off with introducing a bunch of queer characters in early 1900s Vienna, the challenges they faced/are facing, and the book progresses as they go on with their lives.

Personally, I really loved all the characters and the diversity they offered. Although I really liked Julia and Eve's relationship, Rolf was my favourite! I feel at times with literary fiction the relationships between characters is often ignored, however, I thought it was done wonderfully here. The characters are definitely a selling point of this book: they are very well developed with distinct personalities and struggles. That being said, some did have more page time than some others: I was very interested in knowing more of Eve and her dysphoria (?), but this was only briefly mentioned at the start of the book. However, I still appreciated the breadth of diversity that was included in this book, especially when looking at this time period (considering that majority of books set in WW1/WW2 hardly ever include queer characters). Another positive of the story was how well the book was written. I found the writing to be beautiful, as well as very engaging: the prose was easy to understand and follow, even when it was detailing confronting subject matters.

My biggest criticism was that I felt this book was trying to accomplish too much for the page count it had: queer representation in a historical setting is hard enough to portray, but adding all the kidnapping, murders, wars, etc., it made it very contrived. Unlike some reviews I read saying this book was 'boring', I would say it just dwells into too many things, albeit on a very superficial level. I thought this was detrimental since it made it so that a lot of things that were happening did not have the intended punch-impact they were hoping to have, which was disappointing. This was particularly evident in the second part of the book: too much stuff was going on that most things lost their meaning. While Elsa's story was interesting, it just added this extra layer of information that made it very confusing. Personally, I found the first and second half of the book did not flow that well together and read as completely different stories. Retrospectively, I wonder if perhaps this book wouldn't have benefitted more from being split into two books - one before Julia and Eve move away with Elsa, and another after the fact.

Note on the audiobook - I really liked the narration! Overall, I found it super expressive and it was excellent at giving each POV its own style, which made it easier to follow who was who.

Overall, I thought this book was alright. The start of the novel hooked me in and made me fall in love with the characters. I praise Hitchman on being able to create a fictional LGBTQIA+ story that was fairly accurate to historical events, and their ability to write those situations in lyrical prose. If you are interested in the subject matter, I would urge you to read this.

This historical fiction was set in the early 1900’s detailing the life and relationship of Julia and Eve. Julia leaves her unhappy marriage to embark on her journey with Eve, a butch tailor. The story is set in Vienna and I felt like the setting and atmosphere of the times was very well done. I love reading LGBTQ+ novels written in different periods so kudos to the concept.

Honestly, I wanted to love this book more than I actually did. It started off a little slow but got more interesting as it delved into the beginning stages of Julia and Eve. I liked learning more about both characters. Their struggle with wanting a child of their own and how they went about obtaining one was also intriguing. However, somewhere along the middle I felt like it got really boring. I think the side plots and characters kind of took away from the book as whole. A big thanks to NetGalley for the read!

Unfortunately I did not finish listening to this audiobook, I really tried to get into it but it was very hard to follow somehow. I really like the overall idea and concept and I truly think it just wasn’t for me but it will definitely float peoples boat who are into historical fiction - I would recommend picking it up as a readable copy if so!

Unfortunately I ended up DNFing this book at about 40%. I just couldn't get into it and there were so many characters! the time jumps were confusing and there were lots of undiscussed details that never got answered. Overall a frustrating one to attempt to listen to. I wanted it to be so good but it just fell flat for me/

Rep: Sapphic mcs, gay scs, bi sc

This book is set in Vienna between 1900-1946. We follow three pairs of queer people trying to live their lives, and the difficulties they goes through being queer in such hard times. It’s about family, especially chosen family, friendship and community.

As it’s a historical fiction, it’s based on historical events, such as the wide spread tuberculosis outbreaks, the genocide of the Jewish population and homophobia.

It has a lot of povs. Too many I’d say. A lot of times I didn’t know what was going on or how it was all connected. On one hand it was nice to see so many queer people navigating life and trying to get by as queer people, but there definitely could have cut out a few povs.

It’s not very plot heavy. It mostly focuses on the friendships and relationships, making it drag on. Later on there’s a big time jump, and I just felt like we missed a lot in between.

The cast is mostly made up of queer characters, which is always nice to see.

The narrators did a good job.

Overall, not a bad read. It was ok

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an audio ARC of this book.

DNFed at 31%
I had high hopes from this one, I really love historical settings and when it's queer? I'm sold!
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to feel invested in any of the characters. The premise is still interesting but because I don't really care about the characters, I feel the urge to either skim or DNF.
The writing style is also sort of weird, it puts a bit too much emphasis on the conversations. Nothing seems to be happening, I know this is just the build up and groundwork but I feel there should be something at least to pull the reader in and I didn't find anything like that so far.
So this just isn't working for me and I find myself drifting a lot. So I've decided to DNF.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for granting me access in exchange for a review.