Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - The Midnight Library

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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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kierx's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i loved matt haig's other book (something w the word time in the title), but was disappointed by this one. i found the main character whiny and annoying and really couldn't sympathize much with her plight. she is definitely not someone i could be friends with irl. i loved the concept and idea behind this book. it also needs some pretty major trigger warnings.

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suzie2006's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This one had a strong start and strong finish, but the middle dragged on a bit for me. I lost steam about midway through and I found it a slog until the last 30 pages or so. The premise is excellent, it is thought provoking, and a wonderful read. The beginning and end are 5 star reads for sure, but the middle was a 2 star read….I got a little bored in the middle. I ultimately gave it 3 stars because it was an alright read, but I wouldn’t read it again and I am not keeping it.

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shanshantastic's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was an exquisite read - as someone who also loves with depression, I could feel Nora’s despair as everything in her life seemed to go wrong all at once. And I love the notion of the library, of the chance to try the roads not taken.

By the final chapters, I had a sense of what would happen. Still, Haig got there with beautiful prose that kept me listening until the last moments. And now I feel like writing new poetry of my own. Stunning, gorgeous book.

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vmanassah's review against another edition

2.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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chestine's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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aimeezingtaste's review

3.5

dark hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A very depressed girl decides to die after her cat dies and she feels useless. She goes to a library where it's always 00:00, unless it's not, and meets her ground school librarian. The old and nice hag allows her to live in random books and she despises it because she is so depressed and life is just blegh. The multiverse is real and I think I understand quantum physics now (dummy version, of course).

Feeling a bit conflicted about my rating— I was convinced I would give this a 3.0, but the last 10% finally got me excited for the MC, so I went up a bit. I was expecting it to have this life-changing feeling to it, but it took so long to get to the point that it failed a bit in that department.

Anyway, good quotes and fun facts in there!

Last but not least, this should have involved trigger warnings about suicide. 🚨😬 I imagine this is VERY hard to read if you’re depressed or suicidal.

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