“Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead” follows Gilda, a 27-year-old lesbian who accidentally ends up working as a receptionist in a Catholic Church. During this time, Gilda is grappling with her identity, her mortality AND the potential murder of the previous receptionist at the church. It is an extremely unique book and following Gilda’s unusual thought process constantly keeps the reader questioning what is actually happening in Gilda’s world. I have never read anything quite like this; it made me giggle, it made me cry and it made me think deeply about my own identities and roles in life.
Three words that describe this book: Thought-provoking, quirky, relatable
You might want to pick this book up if: you enjoy introspective characters, love chaos and read a lot of books with unreliable narrators.
-Anonymous
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