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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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jazzybooks10's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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amkleintje's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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acobbva's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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so_phika's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Disclaimer: I am not someone who has struggled with depression or suicidal thoughts. In fact, my issues tend to be on the anxiety end with intrusive thoughts about NOT wanting myself or my loved ones to die. In general I am someone who at baseline already loves life and finds joy and meaning and purpose in it and the small connections it brings. So maybe that is why this book was not for me. I like A Christmas Carol and It’s A Wonderful Life as much as the next guy but The Midnight Library felt like all those same tropes over again without necessarily that much new to say, and in what felt to me was a pretty simplistic/stereotypical view of depression. I get the lesson it was trying to teach - life is worth living, and not just an alternate reality life where you made different choices, but YOUR life, this one, right now - but I’m not sure if I needed the lesson, or in this way. But again, someone with different experiences from me  might. And to be fair, I did cry a bit at the end, as I always will with a good depiction of finding joy and purpose in life. 
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jademiley97's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is the first fiction book I’ve read since I was a child. I never had before because I have aphantasia (I can’t see images in my head) so it always felt like I was just mindlessly digesting words.

But this is a work of art, I found myself genuinely laughing and crying throughout the chapters, It was so beautifully written, so emotive. This is going to be a hard act to follow when I read my next fiction book.
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emilybee23's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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knotekerin's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

this was a beautiful read<3 could be over the top with some self-helpy-ness but otherwise good
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jfischer97's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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vb_marie's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

A narrative self-help book with a creative twist. The premise is different from what I've come across in this genre. However, the writing could have been a bit better.  I felt the first few chapters could have been a little shorter and less cliché. Additionally, some of the dialogue seemed stiff and unrealistic.
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candyjay19's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I cannot express how immensely this book has affected me.
I highly recommend the audio edition of this book. The tone and emotions were portrayed so well that the experience was much deeper and more healing than first expected.
The concept of experiencing the different variations of one's life was written so well and with such care that I will be thinking about this book for a long while.
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