Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

43 reviews

captainoliimar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcoholism, Cancer, Bullying, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Dementia

Minor: Medical content, Car accident, Rape, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Gun violence, Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Stalking

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Vomit

a99's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

If Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield was a book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Drug abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Mental illness, Self harm, Drug use, Gaslighting, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Terminal illness

andersonmm223's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Suicide attempt, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Body shaming, and Stalking

ale__b23's review against another edition

challenging 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

I loved this book so much I didn't want to finish it. It helped me realise a lot of things that were holding me back from doing and feeling things, so I'm very thankful that I got to read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

molly_rose's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death, Car accident, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

ttumbletree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.25

as a person who was told by everyone around them that this book was just wonderful, beautiful and just all in all a fantastic book (a quote on the back of my edition says it’s a fun read) just… please go through the trigger warnings before you read the book! because while it is all the things named above (the fun part is debatable, but i liked it nonetheless) it does deal with heavy topics!

other than that i did love reading the book quite a bit. i loved the general idea of the book, as well as the language and style that it was written in. especially the fact that the chapters can be very short helped my reading experience a lot. i also found myself relating the the topics as well as the main character nora at several points and felt myself “growing” alongside her. this is not my typical genre to read, but after hearing so many people in my life talk highly about the book i decided to get into it and i do not regret it. the only thing i have to say is that at times it could feel a little bit like story was stuck in a loop, but that was never too long for me personally.

long story short: it was a really enjoyable read and, especially towards the end, i couldn’t put it down :))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders

tessahansen99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

z_thatsit'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: Suicide, Gaslighting, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, and Vomit

a2_rache11'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

5.0

Finally got around to reading this and kicking myself for waiting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship