Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Gece Yarısı Kütüphanesi by Matt Haig

1494 reviews

sam_hulen_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

slandino's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

fire_wolf's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Animal cruelty

the_wistful_word_witch's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

A lovely little book that raises a lot of existential questions and makes you think much deeper about your own life than you'd expect 288 pages of fiction to do.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

khayes2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

I really enjoyed this! It kept me on my toes and was only cliché for a moment 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

breewriteback's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

this book surprised me. it isn’t the type of book i would normally pick up, but i saw it at the library and decided to give it a shot. i’m glad i did.

i really enjoyed the idea of the story and how it was executed. it focused on topics that are heavier than what i usually read, but it made for an enlightening reading experience. seeing how much little changes and regrets could influence so much of what our lives are like was very interesting (and has only sent me into a minor existential crisis).

my one complaint would be how nonchalant the protagonist was at certain points in the book. because for how much we were reminded that nora has really bad stage fright, she seemed pretty chill whenever she had to talk to large groups of people, which just irked me. it made her character seem a bit unrealistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Infidelity, and Car accident

obliviooon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

Tremendo viaje, es de esos libros que son capaces de cambiar tu perspectiva de la vida. Me gustó muchísimo, cada capítulo me generaba emociones fuertes y en varias ocasiones estuve a punto de llorar. Creo que si mi psicóloga hubiese sabido de la existencia de este libro seguro me mandaba a leerlo. Muy lindo mensaje.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

h_andreanne's review against another edition

hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Death of parent

j_cabral's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

digitaljuno's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

The premise has tons of potential but it reads like a manic pixie dream girl going through depression. She can be so many thing because she’s that amazing. It gets annoying tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death