Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Gece Yarısı Kütüphanesi by Matt Haig

13 reviews

mnbesser522's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming

madmilliner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

This book is the hug and the cuppa that I desperately needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

msbarnesela's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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? No

2.75

This book reminds me of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s ok, but not really my kind of book. I knew how it was going to end from pretty much the second chapter, and I found the plot to be really predictable. I also feel like it in some ways downplays the impact of mental illness, suicide, and depression, in that

Nora decides after experimenting with a lot of different lives that she really does want to live after all, is able to wake herself up from her overdose, and suddenly just gets over her depression, and everyone reconciles with her, and she just decides to be happy. I don’t think real life is ever that simple, and I don’t think depression suddenly becomes manageable just because you choose to be happy. I don’t like when books use suicide as a plot device.

Overall, it just wasn’t the right book for me. It wasn’t what I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent