Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

1604 reviews

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Cursing, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, and Car accident

amcurry32's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

tupeloallie's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad 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: Animal death, Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

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

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

yogabbygabby19's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship

swamphouse's review against another edition

emotional 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

Another review called it a ‘self help book in disguise’ and I would tend to agree. But it’s not just that. It was a good story despite the darker subject matter. A quick read that was rich with descriptors and characters. 

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Content Warnings

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

kelseybrewster's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide

girlpuck's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Racism

kateywaldhart's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Vomit, Stalking, and Car accident

helena_buchwelt's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death

emremendo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I often wonder what my life would have been like if I had made different choices or had a chance to go back. I don’t know when I added this to my Spotify library but I just finished listening to it this evening. It is one I definitely want to get a hard copy of so I can annotate and reread it again. I appreciate how the author handled such a delicate topic of suicide, regret, and mental health in a way that was heavy but manageable and kept the reader the engaged. Honestly, I want to share this book with my therapist. It really helped me see life in a different perspective that I normally struggle with. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent