Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

91 reviews

arlangrey17's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

Wow! This is not the type of book that I usually read but I ended up falling in love with it. I will warn that there are a lot of heavy storylines within it but I felt like it ended perfectly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Infidelity

kristyndcruz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

I didn’t have very high expectations for this book but this pleasantly surprised me. It was better than I thought it would be. It was a beautiful, interesting story about multiple universes which brought in a whole bucketload of inspirational shit to try and give me the will to live. It did fairly well. This gave me a rollercoaster of emotions, and while it wasn’t intense feelings, there were a lot of happy, sad, and captivating moments throughout the story. Quotes both optimistic and depressing are both treasured. The main characters weren’t anything special, and I didn’t really feel a connection to them. The plot was incredibly predictable and would have loved it more if there was a big plot twist or unexpected ending, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I do love the way this was written as I enjoyed feeling like I was going through the lives with Nora, and it was exciting to see what she would choose and how all the lives turn out. Overall, I did really like the book. It was a bit triggering at a lot of points, but I would recommend for the plot alone because I love the idea. While not executed in the best way, it was an incredible, life changing read.
“You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it”
“Never underestimate the big importance of small things”
“You see, doing one thing differently is very often the same as doing everything differently”
“You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life”

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you”
“The only way to learn is to live”
“As Thoreau wrote, ‘It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see”

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident and Vomit

laurendenton's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Vomit

sameehaha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

artistic_poet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.5

I was good, it got me out of a reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

chloerote's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Stalking, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

scarletthazeldine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

I think this is the first book to ever make me cry. it has given me a whole new feeling of hope and positive outlook on life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Chronic illness, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Infidelity, Cursing, and Cancer

raelin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

I almost didn’t make it past the first 10% of this book. But once Nora starts jumping books things really pick up and it was not-put-downable for me. 

It was not the most well crafted story, there was a lot that was incredibly predictable, but it was still engrossing and thought provoking. I would love a good book club discussion about it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, Vomit, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Cancer

leggatkat's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Cancer

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Self harm, Addiction, and Vomit