Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Biblioteka o Północy by Matt Haig, Ewa Wojtczak

847 reviews

kera_reads's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-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: Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident

kcochrun1401's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death of parent

czty27's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Death of parent

patchedspines's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

anniebraves's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Took a bit to get into, yet the second half was stronger and zoomed by.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent

jen3699's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders

shysbooks's review against another edition

1.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was really excited for this book, it seemed like a great plot from the back however it was too short to really give it the detail it needed. Great premise with a mediocre at best execution. 

Not a fan of how the author who emphasized how okay the main character was with not having kids decided what made her feel like living again was having a husband and a kid. Women can be happy without those things. There were plenty of other lives that I feel like the main character could’ve been happier in.

Overall this one was disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent

joanna_barcicka's review against another edition

2.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

calamitywithinsanity's review against another edition

3.25

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really wanted to like this book. I think it started off strong, but it goes downhill from there. Matt Haig uses deliberate structure to drive to the main plot of the story, however, once the story is actually in motion, it falls flat. I related a lot to the main character, Nora, in the beginning, but I found the repeating plot device of choosing different life paths to be annoying after the fourth or fifth time. Nora's character development felt a bit "on the nose" at times and I predicted the ending as soon as she stepped into the library. The supporting characters felt flat and two-dimensional, even across every parallel universe.

Haig earns an additional quarter-star for using the word "ceilidh", but overall, The Midnight Library earns a solid "meh" for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident

geo_07's review against another edition

3.5

dark inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol