Reviews

The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig

jwvaughn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

blankcrayon's review

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

3.0

howiliv's review

dark 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

3.0

2andrea's review

4.0

Wtf, I’m so confused, did he die? Did the dad do it??? Ahhh, does he just have schizophrenia? Ahhh

hannah2896's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

After loving the midnight library and devouring the audio version of how to stop time, this was a huge disappointment. I found Philip a very unlikeable character and the whole story was very slow paced and almost boring. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Bullying, Car accident, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

runningjules's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

livres_de_bloss's review against another edition

1.0

Ugh. This was awful!

I hated this for the same reason I hated that terrible “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime”: a monotonous slog of a read narrated by a unsympathetic and total simple whinger twat of a kid.

It was frustrating. It was dark. It made me feel bad.

I do not recommend this in any capacity. Blech!

emilycranick's review against another edition

4.0

3.75/5 stars
The short chapters were a blessing. I actually enjoyed the first 30% of this book and then it just plummeted and then around 60-70% it started getting much better. He didn’t use any quotations in this book. It actually made me reading this a lot easier and i could actually digest what i was reading and enjoy it without having to skip around and skim. I enjoyed this book a lot and would recommend it to someone, but it isn’t my favorite Matt Haig book, but it’s better than The Midnight Library. I was a bit confused at the ending but i still enjoyed it!

katherinehenson's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

priestessofhestia's review

Did not enjoy the writing style. Written from the perspective of a young boy, and written in the way a person would think, very little punctuation, it's unfortunate as the story itself seemed like it would have been very entertaining, I just couldn't get past the writing