Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Gece Yarısı Kütüphanesi by Matt Haig

325 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

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

cassenoire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

jodean's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Car accident, and Alcohol

ettegoom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.5

A story about love, family, loneliness, the importance of community and maintaining connections.  
I really liked it.  I'm a sucker for books with libraries, librarians, philosophers or hope, so this really ticked all the squishy optimist book-nerd boxes.  
I feel like it's intended to help folks who are feeling like there's nothing to live for, but ultimately it's a book for those who are looking for reasons to live.  
It gets a bit cheesy in the last chapter, but the examination of the choices not made, the impacts of different actions and the Nietzschean demon who asks you whether you'd live your exact same life, is interesting.  
I want to read Thoreau now.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

hasti2c's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

kastix's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

riverofhorton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

This book was completely unexpected for me. Going into it, I knew nothing but what the blurb says and that it is/was quite popular on BookTok. What I definitely did not expect was to read this in one sitting. It does have a couple of slight issues that had me wondering what the editor was doing, but those instances thankfully don't impact on the story itself. Apart from those minor issues, I found this book to be a very enjoyable read and will be returning to it again in the future. It has an intriguing premise at its heart which I haven't personally encountered before, and provided a fascinating way to gain perspective on life. Indeed, at several points, I found myself wondering if the library is actually real, in the context of some of my own experiences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

belava's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

alexklinect's review against another edition

hopeful sad 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

4.0

A solid four stars… A meaningful novel with “choose your own adventure” elements that feels kind of like the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with vibes from Plath and Thoreau and “wibbley-wobbley-timey-wimey stuff,” with a backdrop of clinical depression. Although I didn’t agree with all of the philosophical stances, the book was thoughtful, with just the right amount of fantasy, and was hopeful with a feel-good ending. However, I did feel like it was a bit overhyped. 
Content: there is mention of alcohol, suicidal ideation, medical procedures, drunkenness, homosexuality and heterosexuality, death, some language… but nothing explicit; fairly tame. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol