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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

342 reviews

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

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Infidelity, and Homophobia

kera_reads's review

dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Addiction

kcochrun1401's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, and Animal death

mj_86'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: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

kenzibir's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Loved this book and the perspective it gives! Highly recommend to everyone who are at a crossroads in life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

shysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

1.0

I was really excited for this book, it seemed like a great plot from the back however it was too short to really give it the detail it needed. Great premise with a mediocre at best execution. 

Not a fan of how the author who emphasized how okay the main character was with not having kids decided what made her feel like living again was having a husband and a kid. Women can be happy without those things. There were plenty of other lives that I feel like the main character could’ve been happier in.

Overall this one was disappointing.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Car accident

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

w3nda1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Drug abuse, Car accident, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

charliebites's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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: Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Grief