Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

723 reviews

emmybemmy's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book, it made me sob. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

cathyb7's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

julialandis727's review

hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

A beautiful, heartwarming novel about mental health, regrets, and the multiple possibilities that all our lives hold. Highly recommend this to everybody, though consider content warnings of suicide, self-harm, death. 

Currently reading it during a transitional time and the ending hit really hit hard— “we don’t have to do everything in order to be everything, because we are already infinite. While we are alive we always contain a future of multifarious possibility”.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicide, and Grief

redslug_'s review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

foxy_lady's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• 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: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty and Cancer

cheyloftus's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

megan_bbender's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book was just simply beautiful, I absolutely loved this book and all the meaning it holds.

This book has lots of important messages that I think everyone should read and learn from. I really reflected on my own life after reading this book.

"She realized that's what she was. A black hole. A dying star, collapsing in on itself."

"Death is the opposite of possibility."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, and Death of parent

koolaberg's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Excellent quick read. Had me tearing up only 22 pages in. Perfect companion on a cold, snowy January day.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent

marisa9459's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

page22's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt