Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

45 reviews

dezembrluft's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

arwenundomiel03's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.0

This book was a journey for me. I hadn’t read any of Matt Haig’s books for well over two years when I started this one, and I don’t think I was quite prepared for the honesty of his writing. However, as I went through the book, I realised that actually I could do with the content of the book, what he was writing about: experience it, and let it go. I tend to be the kind of person who gets entirely caught up in a book, entirely obsessed with the characters and storyline (I realise you can’t do that with non-fiction or self help books, but still, I get caught up in them nonetheless) but here I was able to read, intake the information like a breath and then breathe it out again. Almost like a meditation. 

So although the content wasn’t always exactly calming (TW: there are many mental health and suicide references), the experience of reading it was one that I have overall found calming. So, I suppose, it fulfilled its title!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

shellybelly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I like the idea, but some of the entries were meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

kaitlynellataylor's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

nicichels's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

lizzzitro's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

bladelikesbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed reading this book. It gives advice and tells real-life experiences on mental health struggles. It includes a number of poems, quotes, book recs and song recs. This book is really heartwarming but it does discuss some very dark topics so definitely check TW/CW !!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, Addiction, and Panic attacks/disorders

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

Filled with short chapters and many small aphorisms, I wished I hadn’t listened to this one as an audiobook because I felt like everything went by so quickly without having a chance to absorb it. Matt Haig as a narrator though was great—what a voice!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

zoemmor's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

Loved the audiobook so much I’m considering purchasing the physical copy to use in my life as a reference book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness