Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

4161 reviews

menstruasian's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Pleasantly surprised by this book. It’s something I didn’t know I needed until, and I must say I did chuckle a few times right before tearing up. It was emotional and inspiring in all the right places. A reminder of the potential in being alive and to have a belief in potential. Insane how many coincidences aligned prior to and during the reading of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

amcurry32's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

tupeloallie's review against another edition

3.0

dark hopeful reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Pregnancy, Alcohol

lilianamarie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

kyrenni's review against another edition

3.5

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse

kayelease's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

towori's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous 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

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I do like chess even though it was overdone before. All in all, I really this book. ending lost me a bit. Still has, definitely not my favorite part about the book.

Her post

really made the ending for me. I think there are some points to her needing the midnight library which are highlighted nicely at the end. I even like the reasoning she gave on

why the ash life wasn’t a fit for her.

Wasn’t fond of the burning, was a bit boring. Just like the pile of bad and the beginning was kind of predictable, so was the end kinda? Not as bad. Also predictable unfortunately. All in all really liked a lot of the book ending was good, not great and predictable despite being explained most parts. 

really liked most of the book and the twists, even if the ending wasn’t the best ending ever. would deff still recommend the book to other people. thought it portrayed humanity really well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent

yogabbygabby19's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship

alexisaflop's review against another edition

4.75

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

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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, Fire/Fire injury

swamphouse's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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

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Another review called it a ‘self help book in disguise’ and I would tend to agree. But it’s not just that. It was a good story despite the darker subject matter. A quick read that was rich with descriptors and characters. 

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Content Warnings

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