34 pages • 1 hour read
Emily AustinEveryone in This Room Will Someday be Dead
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Before You Read
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.
Reviews & Readership
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.