Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

26 reviews

alexlily's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Alcohol

djkirsikirs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

anj's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Animal death, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Cancer, Infidelity, and Self harm

ash_bees's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"Where there are books, there is always a temptation to open them."

Reminiscent of the movie "It's A Wonderful Life," except instead of only experiencing one alternative, the protagonist experiences many.  It does get a bit preachy, but so did "It's A Wonderful Life."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective tense 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

4.0

I hate when the ending of a book is so good it bumps its star rating up one. The ending was so good but the rest of the book was kind of bland and slow. 

I put every possible content warning I saw the minor ones were pretty much just mentioned by the word and same with a few of the moderate ones but they repeated a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Mental illness, and Animal death

Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual content, Stalking, Chronic illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Cancer

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What is I told you you had an infinite number of alternative lives out there and they were all a page turn away. You could try them out and step back out any time you decide it isn’t the perfect life. Would you grab the book? Would you explore all of the possibilities?
 I really enjoyed this book, it had me thinking about my life and where I would have made changes, what I think the other me’s are up to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Addiction, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

toriffic's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Vomit

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.75

This book was refreshing and a nice surprise. I love the concept of this book: when you die, you go to a comforting and familiar place with someone from your past to bring you comfort. This person gives you the option to explore parallel universes that you could have lived. The main character, Nora, goes to a library after attempting suicide. After exploring many parallel lives, she ultimately sees the potential in her root life. I think this book is essential for anyone who has dealt with depression and suicidal thoughts, or just needs a reminder of the uniqueness of life, and the effect our decisions have on not only ourselves but those around us. At first, I thought that the main character was too “ordinary” but after finishing, I realize that was intentional. Most of us feel ordinary, but are capable of extraordinary futures depending on our decisions and outlook. The only caveat that I have with this book is that it was kind of slow. I realize that this is needed in order to get the theme and message of the book, but it held me up. I also think that if someone is impatient, they might not finish this book. Regardless, I do think it is worth reading for everyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Death of parent, Vomit, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death and Alcoholism

roouija's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Incredibly mid tier and offers a bland take on mental health issues (that it insists is revolutionary). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Pregnancy, Death, Car accident, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

sillyduckie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Death of parent, Suicide, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Death, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Animal cruelty, and Medical content