Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Gece Yarısı Kütüphanesi by Matt Haig

110 reviews

saturnsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Vomit

pattyreader's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

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

1.0

A disappointing book, there is no character development but lots of repetitive writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

phoenixjude14's review against another edition

emotional 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

Literally such a emotional rollercoaster, character and plot wise. It really made me think about the world and how we view it and that things can change. I got so attached to the main cahracters and the ending was amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Emotional abuse

seeker24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

2.0

Was a pretty fast read overall and felt predictable in some aspects. 

I did like some of the one liners and some of the content about living your life tied in with philosophy. 

But, I hated that they had depression as a side character and it would show up or disappear randomly. Versus treating and realizing that depression medication can help versus being a point for the character to look at and decide a life was terrible because she had a prescription. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

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

Minor: Stalking

ale__b23's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

I loved this book so much I didn't want to finish it. It helped me realise a lot of things that were holding me back from doing and feeling things, so I'm very thankful that I got to read this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

molly_rose's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death, Car accident, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

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

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

2.0

this book wasnt particularly bad or anything, but it just didnt rly click w/ me.

the midnight library has an intriguing premise, deals w/ interesting themes and ideas; def makes me reflect, and can be inspiring and life-affirming at points. also appreciate how it doesnt end w/ a new romantic prospect that solves all of the main character's problems.

however, i feel like suddenly thrusting nora into various situations w/o any understanding of each life's inner workings isnt the best way to go abt it. the writing's also clunky and the dialogue could even be rly awkward at points, and that becomes annoying after a while. i get why many ppl love this book, but in my opinion it couldve been better executed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

em8ly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Entertaining for sure, but certainly depressing at parts. If not for being a fast paced read, I am not sure it would have been so easy for me ingest.

Happy for the happy ending though of course.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Infidelity, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Death, and Fire/Fire injury