Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Gece Yarısı Kütüphanesi by Matt Haig

663 reviews

catbeeisafraid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

lcc_xx's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-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

2.5

This would be a great book for someone to get back into reading or out of slump. Very easy/quick read, with simple language. I like the meaning/message that is being communicated to the reader throughout the story. I could see this book having a great movie adaptation someday.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

rat_girly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

samanders13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

This book is going to stay with me for a long time. It was difficult to begin, with strong content warnings that I wish I’d been given before I started. But once it got going, I couldn’t stop reading it, and the book is full of beautiful lines and wisdom and empathy. I’m very glad I’ve read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, and Self harm

oliviarose05's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty

beansreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction and Animal death

amapolaran's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-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

3.5

I have seen this book in every bookstore, library, bookstagram, and finally, one rainy day, decided to pick it up and see what the fuss was all about. TIP FOR FUTURE READERS: SKIP THE END.

The theme is beautiful and the construction of the plot is engaging. I had some beautiful heartfelt reflections reading this book. To my disappointment and anger, the last 50 pages ruin the whole thing. The plot is SO PREDICTABLE that it hurts, because for a moment you feel like the book will surprise you, it can’t possibly end so lazily. SPOILER ALERT: it does. 

SPOILER ALERT

I feel that the way the author manages to speak about the reflection of the value of life, and manage the idea of multiverses in a great way. However, the end I believe is harmful to people who have experienced suicide through ideation, or someone near them who died from it. The idea that “a bad day” led to her wanting to commit suicide and the realizing basically that “she was just exaggerating” is, I believe, a very problematic way to approach this.

In short, this story can leave you with a positive outlook on life and the possibility of other lives, but be warned that the ending is just… ugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

k_ro's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

Une jolie lecture toute douce, qui se dévore facilement.

Ce livre incite à apprécier notre vie, aussi imparfaite soit-elle.

Le message principal est un peu matraqué et manque parfois de subtilité, mais au moins, il est facile à retenir ! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Peut-être pas à lire au plus profond d'une dépression, mais quand on commence à en sortir (le côté "optimiste" peut sembler forcé et moralisateur)

gabbyolsen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

2.0

Interesting concept. Poor execution. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Car accident

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment