Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

53 reviews

jlaz_13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

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

shakespeareanqueer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

Very much enjoyed this book. Got me out of a huge reading slump and finished it faster than any book I've read for pleasure in a couple years probably. Even in the middle of grad school (while I still somehow managed to do most of my homework, which is wild).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Car accident, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

From all the tags, it sounds dark and awful, but it is very hopeful and and can be very light-hearted at moments! I wouldn't consider this book too heavy at all, as long as one is not currently suicidal (if you are, please be sure to read all the way to the end and not just the beginning).

thefemale_nickmiller's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Confinement, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

inksample's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, and Death of parent

hanniee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

greatu's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abandonment and Addiction

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Stalking

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

filipa_maia's review against another edition

adventurous 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

This book is a rollercoaster of emotions. I know that this may sound weird, but reading this book makes you think about the purpose of life and the mysteries of the universe. And no, this is not a self-help book. The way Matt Haig combines fiction with real science is amazing.

So, Nora is in a limbo... she is between life and death and she has infinite possibilities to return to life. Every book in this library, that is Nora's limbo, is a different timeline: every choice that Nora took, every path that she decided to follow, left another one that opened a different future that Nora would never lived... until now. In this library Nora can take a peek into every single book that symbolizes her different timelines.

This book got me thinking: would this be a good thing? Would we like to know what your different timelines would bring us? Are we, really, enjoying this life? Living it the best we possibly can?

So many questions without answers... 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Cancer

junnarc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

this book didn't seem like the best idea to read after a nighter and it put me through too much emotion, but I hold it dear; though it was quite cliche, as this self help disguised as fiction book has a quite guessable and a bit too cheery ending, but it brought comfort nonetheless

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Self harm

ananyareadsbooks's review against another edition

hopeful slow-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

3.5

it got interesting only at the end.
also the character development wasn't gradual at all. the protagonist just randomly goes 'i want to live' we don't even get to read her inner monologue following behind the grave decision she took.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Self harm