Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

126 reviews

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

a99's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

If Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield was a book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

aurora_something's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ttumbletree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

as a person who was told by everyone around them that this book was just wonderful, beautiful and just all in all a fantastic book (a quote on the back of my edition says it’s a fun read) just… please go through the trigger warnings before you read the book! because while it is all the things named above (the fun part is debatable, but i liked it nonetheless) it does deal with heavy topics!

other than that i did love reading the book quite a bit. i loved the general idea of the book, as well as the language and style that it was written in. especially the fact that the chapters can be very short helped my reading experience a lot. i also found myself relating the the topics as well as the main character nora at several points and felt myself “growing” alongside her. this is not my typical genre to read, but after hearing so many people in my life talk highly about the book i decided to get into it and i do not regret it. the only thing i have to say is that at times it could feel a little bit like story was stuck in a loop, but that was never too long for me personally.

long story short: it was a really enjoyable read and, especially towards the end, i couldn’t put it down :))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

seawarrior'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

5.0

While I started this book because I was intrigued by its unique premise, I finished it overjoyed by its straightforward and effective approach to telling a story about attempted suicide. There are so many messages in this book that are essential for understanding the mindset behind suicidal impulses and how to recover from them. Too many messages to transcribe here, with all of them echoing truths I've found in my own life as a survivor of attempted suicide. I highly recommend that others read this book and to keep their mind open to how it describes the importance of tweaking your perspective in order to vastly alter your world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, and Stalking

atlas_shruggs's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

3.0

I'm not quite sure exactly what I expected from The Midnight Library, but I know that the book itself didn't quite hit the mark I was wanting it too. I was hoping for a feeling closer to The Starless Sea, which it most certainly was not. This isn't the book's fault, it isn't a *bad* book, it's just not really my thing. The first half of the book was alright, it was cool to see all the different lives Nora could have lived, but I felt like the conclusion,

that her root life was the only life she could be happy in, was a rather obvious one, as soon as she mentioned that she felt like an outsider and imposter in every other life she tried. I did get a little emotional during the ending, it was nice to see Nora finally experience some form of happiness that was hers alone, but I still think it could've been better.

All in all a decent book, but definite trigger warnings for self harm and suicide, as well as death and substance abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

pastelkerstin's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Too straightforwardly corny for me and emotionally manipulative the way it

kills people off in the AUs via butterfly effect.

But the short chapters are like crack for my bad attention span brain, I'll give it that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Homophobia, Blood, and Pregnancy

miasweeney00's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.0

If you love Mat Haig, you'll probably love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

sophie_kiss's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

northernlitreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It took me a while to get into this book but once I did I couldn’t put it down. I found some of the language and dialogue quite… stiff - that really took me out of the story. I also felt like I was reading a self help book or being lectured at times which I didn’t love, that’s not to say the book didn’t have a good message - it just seemed a too obvious. Despite all that, I laughed and sobbed so Matt Haig clearly did something right!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent