Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

112 reviews

alexisaflop's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

First of all this book does something that every other book I love doesn't do: has a proper ending that shows where the characters go. 
I really enjoyed the flow of the book and the metaphors that were consistent throughout but not overbearing and obvious. 
The only way I would change it would be how I found it odd she never tried a life twice. At the end she wanted one that was like the one with Molly but only slightly different. I thought she would try that with maybe the band one where she was happy but Joe was dead. Maybe she could have said, I choose to stay in the band and choose to get Joe into rehab or smth. 
It's only February but a strong contender for favourite book of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

cecilybooks's review

inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

It can be called corny but also damn. I needed to hear that shit 🤘😩

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

lolasbooks12's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

timwilkinson96's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Alcohol

skzvsoom's review against another edition

inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

alexirt's review

adventurous challenging

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

I read this book for book club and then forgot to go to book club. It was great. The character gets to live several different lives. We watch her grow and learn how important she is in her “root” life because she is part of her community. We get to see the lives she could have lived if she had stuck with other wants in her life. And how her community would have been so different if she had chosen to be really into swimming or climate change. I really liked the mechanism of the magic and the ending of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Self harm

lisa_hin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

apslp's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism and Homophobia

Minor: Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

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