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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

117 reviews

mjthomas43's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Grief, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical content, and Mental illness

emsavors's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Death, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Dementia, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

alixsbooktherapy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

Would you have done anything different if you had The chance to undo your regrets?
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 be😭

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Vomit, Car accident, Dementia, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Cancer, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, and Mental illness

keenanmaree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Infidelity, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse

mrsmonstargh's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

More than a 3 (it's a book and i read it) but less than a 4 (a book i would consider reading again and/ or definitely recommend others read)

At this point in my life, i appreciated the message

It was narrated very slowly - even at a higher speed, the narrator spoke at a natural speed. Whilst it matched the tone of the book, this may not suit everyone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Medical content, Death of parent, Mental illness, Vomit, Addiction, Self harm, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Drug abuse

gabriella_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

i like the fantasy/sci-fi world building and framework for this book, it has a lot of potential. but the actual prose and character writing left more to be desired. i was not engaged with the protagonist at all. the writing was very dry (but picks up later on).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Animal death, Medical content, Mental illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism

calamitywithinsanity's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• 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

I really wanted to like this book. I think it started off strong, but it goes downhill from there. Matt Haig uses deliberate structure to drive to the main plot of the story, however, once the story is actually in motion, it falls flat. I related a lot to the main character, Nora, in the beginning, but I found the repeating plot device of choosing different life paths to be annoying after the fourth or fifth time. Nora's character development felt a bit "on the nose" at times and I predicted the ending as soon as she stepped into the library. The supporting characters felt flat and two-dimensional, even across every parallel universe.

Haig earns an additional quarter-star for using the word "ceilidh", but overall, The Midnight Library earns a solid "meh" for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Medical content, Dementia, Homophobia, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Chronic illness

_james_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

3.75

Anyone who calls this book "fun" and "humorous" has never suffered depression in my opinion. Or I just didn't understand the humor in this. Nothing in this book screamed fun and humor to me. I liked the book tho. But it was painful, dark and a really really powerful punch to the face for the first half. Because this hit me hard. I barely made it to the part where the hopeful and uplifting theme begins to shine through and I haven't had a depressive phase in almost 8 years. I liked the ending even if it was very predictable. It also feels kinda preachy at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Vomit, Drug use, Self harm, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

Moderate: Cursing, Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Homophobia

alliejm00's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship