Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Umanii by Matt Haig

45 reviews

shashy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Drug use, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Physical abuse, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

jwells's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective

The description makes this book sound a bit more like a comedy, but it turned out darker than I expected. Check the content warnings. Very good though. Looking forward to reading Matt Haig's other books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Lovable dog character

survives to the end of the book :)

caitlynfoster24's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

helhas3letters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Suicide attempt, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, War, and Addiction

murnduh's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

4.0

A charming look at humanity through the eyes of a character with only an academic (and not terribly accurate) understanding of it. Though the writing occasionally seems a touch drunk on its own sense of wonder, the full effect is still a hopeful story that leaves you feeling like maybe our species isn’t so bad, after all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Suicide attempt

tjwolf's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Infidelity and Suicide attempt

nightstitch96's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

bdingz's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This story filled my heart with warmth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Infidelity and Fatphobia

librarydreams's review against another edition

I really enjoyed this book and its unique perspective on humanity. Hair’s writing is, as always, excellent. However, I had to stop the minute it became clear that the protagonist was going to

cheat on his wife. Maybe it would have been easier if he knew that the action would hurt his family, but the fact that he goes into it naively makes it worse.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

captureeverychapter's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I picked up this book for a light read and I was not wrong. 

This is my first Matt Haig book so I didn't know what to expect. 
This has a lovely simple story with a bit of humour. It is predictable but no regrets on reading this one. 

It talks about how humans live/are in an alien's point of view which was believable, at least for me and how to see our world/people in a new way and how beautiful it is, how beautiful our lives are which we tend to ignore, not pay much attention to or sometimes forget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Minor: Infidelity