Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

A Biblioteca da Meia-Noite by Matt Haig

176 reviews

pheonist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

This is not a book about the inevitability of death and how life sucks. This is about appreciating your life. Realising that living in your regrets is no way to live. 
If you're expecting to cry while reading this book, then you would be correct, but don't expect some depressing shit.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

victor_constantine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

2.5

 So admittedly I would probably give this book one or two stars most of the time. It felt preachy to me at times and very cheesy. But the timing of when I read this played a large factor. Maybe someday I'll re-read this and decide to change my rating, or maybe I won't. As it is, it helped me remember what I've been having trouble remembering lately, and that's worthy of at least one more star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Stalking

owlieali's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, and Vomit

baileyamanono's review against another edition

hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

catalyst226's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Not spoiling too much because I really want other folks to read this one. It's a really fun take on the "life is what you make of it" trope. It reads like vignettes and has a very "feel good" vibe overall. It did, however, hit incredibly close to home with the themes (suicide, death of a parent, grief/loss, and depression/anxiety), so be warned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

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

lubotomy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Medical content, and Outing

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

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

mayze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Interesting concept but the execution could have been better. 

The last half of the book feels rushed and predictable. The characters were well written and it's still a decent read. 

I feel that this is a self-help book disguised as a work of fiction, the last two chapters were pretty blatant about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

hannahjuliano's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

2.75

could've read a self-help book if i wanted to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent