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beckerdoodle9's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Car accident, and Death of parent
emsavors's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
alixsbooktherapy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I'm sobbing now I finished this book it was another good book by Matt haig and definitely one I'll be talking about for a very long time.
Huge flirting with nora was so cute
"The sex turned out to be disappointing"
"You are just a Mechanism"
This book is sooo good
This book made me fall in love with the charcters and felt the stories I would recommend this to everyone I know especially if you don't believe you should be here, you are loved and I'm glad you are alive.
I'm so glad joe got sober and he became the person he needed to beðŸ˜
This book was so inspiring and hit me hard unfortunately I know how nora felt throughout This book, and some of the topics hit home for me, the best advice I can give any reader is please take care of yourself after reading this there is plenty of heavy topics
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
calamitywithinsanity's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Haig earns an additional quarter-star for using the word "ceilidh", but overall, The Midnight Library earns a solid "meh" for me.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Dementia, and Car accident
ash_bees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Reminiscent of the movie "It's A Wonderful Life," except instead of only experiencing one alternative, the protagonist experiences many. It does get a bit preachy, but so did "It's A Wonderful Life."
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
shieldbearer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
This book is obstensibly about finding a purpose and seeing the good things in life, but it's literally just "oh you see none of the bad things that happened were actually YOUR FAULT and you are unfair to blame yourself for them" I would have been fine if this was the result of one or two of the anecdotes but this was the message of LITERALLY ALL of them. There's no nuance here and our main character barely has a personality.
The writer of this book has clearly actually experienced depression, which makes this worse and proves that Own Voices isn't inherently superior. (I'm depressed too so don't come at me, I know what I'm talking about.) This writer has also definitely never experienced any actual money problems- the protagonist's vague thought at the end of the book, after being so desperately broke that they couldn't afford an uber, was "oh, I'll find some money somewhere tomorrow and buy that nice old man flowers." This line alone would have prompted a one star review. JUST FIND SOME MONEY??? JUST FIND SOME MONEY?????
Also yes turning your cat outdoors DOES actually make you a bad cat owner. hate this book, the more you think about it the more it falls apart.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Classism
readingunderblankets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Minor: Dementia and Car accident
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident
Minor: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual content, Dementia, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
captainoliimar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
chelseylb1988's review against another edition
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent