Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

79 reviews

janabg's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer, Alcoholism, and Cursing

isabella_ramensky's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative reflective 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

3.0

liked the story, not the writing style - felt a bit didactic / repetitive.

some parts i was like i get it! the message was clear without all this explanation 

i loved the build up to the ending! the last few pages themselves were fine but i really like the about 20 pages before that!!

also i’m australian and the australia part felt off to me, it was definitely my least favorite life (not just abt the life, mostly  abt the australia weirdness or whatever)

also i feel like the brother being gay was weird. like not the fact that he was gay. like half of me is like casual rep! and the other half thinks something weird happened. like it’s mentioned at weird times like i get it, he’s gay. (in a “this is weird timing way” not in a “stop shoving queerness in ppls faces way”!! please shove queerness in my face) just felt kinda weird like he was just gay to have a gay character. i’m sure matt haig’s intentions were good tho!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

lello_bean's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, and Animal death

z_thatsit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gaslighting, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, and Vomit

griffinthief's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Car accident, Addiction, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Self harm, and Stalking

tree_branch's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Stalking, and Sexual content

pastelkerstin's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Too straightforwardly corny for me and emotionally manipulative the way it

kills people off in the AUs via butterfly effect.

But the short chapters are like crack for my bad attention span brain, I'll give it that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Infidelity

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

xelinevn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

tantanluithomas's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

A novel exploring the heartbreak and disappointment of life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

sweekune's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.25

Audiobook narrated by Carey Mulligan.

As someone who has and continues to have mental health struggles, this book offered an interesting perspective. Nora has chosen to end her life but instead ends up in a library where she can try the lives she would have led if she had made different choices.

- Having read several of Haig's books in the past, this has a similar thought-provoking tone. The Midnight Library explores Nora's lives and problems but in doing so encourages the reader to be introspective.

- The idea of the library really caught my imagination and I love the concept. It seems portal fantasy is something I really like and this definitely falls into that category.

- This book does deal with difficult subjects including suicide, abuse, mental health, loneliness and estrangement and the myriad of emotions that accompany those topics. Whilst the message itself is uplifting and reassuring, those chapters could and can be difficult to read.

A wonderful novel from Haig and fans of his should definitely check this out. I would also recommend The Humans which deals with different aspects of mental health. An enjoyable but also purposefully difficult read that could be beneficial to those struggling mentally or for insight into their minds. Be kind.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit