A review by jesselopod
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.75

I really liked this book, the audio reading was excellent and it was very consumable for such heavy themes. I will say that somewhere in the second half it went from a 5 star book to a 4 star book for me. I think it was something about the way it got a little bit preachy and platitudey by making some big generalisation about
motives of suicide being about regrets and kind of hand waved over mental illness as a mindset problem.

Either way, it was a good book and I am willing to forgive the bits that didn’t sit right with me because it’s a hard topic to navigate well and ultimately it needed to fit the plot. 
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