Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Gece Yarısı Kütüphanesi by Matt Haig

127 reviews

keen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcoholism, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Drug use

Minor: Chronic illness, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Eating disorder

taaya's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

Ehrlich gesagt ist mir der Roman gleichzeitig zu prätentiös und zu einfach gedacht. Was soll das mit Thoreau? (Tatsächlich hab ich noch nie jemanden, der nicht cis-männlich ist, Thoreau mögen sehen, vielleicht hat mir das zu sehr Schwierigkeiten gemacht. Weil die Protagonistin so ... so männlich-denkend geschrieben wurde und das das Ganze auf die Spitze trieb.) 

Aber auch die Schlussgedanken. Dass man sich einfach nur mehr Mühe geben muss, dann ist ein Leben schon lebenswert? Gerade von Haig, der selbst suizidal-depressiv war, hätte ich irgendwie mehr erwartet, als letztlich auf schädliche Plattitüden aufzubauen und in einer Gesellschaft, die ohnehin schon wissenschaftlich nachweislich anstrengender ist, als noch vor einigen Jahrzehnten (trotz oft zumindest etwas besseren Arbeitsbedingungen), darauf rumzureiten, dass man doch gefälligst nur wollen soll, und wer das nicht kann, der strengt sich nur nicht genug an. 

Und auch mit der Geschichte selbst hab ich Probleme. Man plumpst ohne jegliches Hintergrundwissen in ein anderes Leben und das fällt NIEMANDEM auf? Das macht überhaupt keine Probleme? Da macht sich keiner Sorgen, niemand schleppt einen zum Neurologen, ob man vielleicht frühzeitig Alzheimer kriegt, nichts? Wieder ... zu kurz gedacht. 

Also ... stilistisch war das gut geschrieben, der Grundgedanke ist auch nicht schlecht. Aber ... die Umsetzung ist halt mehr ein halbgarer Kalenderspruch und vielleicht Inspiration Porn, als wirklich gedankenanstoßend, hilfreich oder auch nur eine gute Repräsentation von Depression.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Homophobia

fujo_cat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

AAA I loved it!! It's really hopeful, too!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Terminal illness, Cancer, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Stalking, and Infidelity

schnarlie's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Terminal illness

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Self harm, Grief, and Suicide attempt

h0lland's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

3.75

At some points it felt like it was trying too hard to be deep, without actually being deep and relied a lot on cliches. But still very enjoyable and I love the overall message.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Terminal illness

tamarf574's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

captainoliimar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcoholism, Cancer, Bullying, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Dementia

Minor: Medical content, Car accident, Rape, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Gun violence, Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Stalking

bookforthought's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Addiction, and Mental illness