Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

3056 reviews

pickletheshark's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

This book was intense honestly it was deep dark and the overall topic was sweet but the whole story devastating

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

kumalock's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Vomit

haleysversion's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Car accident

rebeccaz's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Animal death, and Death of parent

kellymoroney's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual harassment

____nique's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

I often saw this on my Pinterest page along with My Year of Rest and Relaxation and I’ve also been super curious about this when I saw it on Fully Booked. However, after reading it, I was not that amazed. At first, I was caught up with the book and excited to know what was coming in the following chapters. However, I found the book too repetitive– I found some parts of it irrelevant to the plot, and the story just keeps repeating the same thing over and over again in the following chapters. Also, just how exciting it was in the first part, the latter part of the book sounded somehow like a self-help book with mediocre and annoying motivational quotes. On the bright side, I think it gave justice to how depression was depicted and gave a strong and hopeful point at the end of the story– but still, it was too predictable and cliche. Overall, this book was okay, but there’s nothing too special about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

kotashomelibrary's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent

jduf18's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

issymaae's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent and Animal death

meowzersnap's review against another edition

Found book over-hyped, boring, and repetitive. But I think the message of it can be nice if you are in a more somber mood and want to read something simple, but hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death and Homophobia