Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

431 reviews

lyssalynne's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

A good story until you realize that it's a big "just stop being depressed" message. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

auudrey's review

hopeful reflective 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

2.5

Didn’t appreciate the final message about depression

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse

sendusia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

biblionam's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

This was a super interesting concept, but I just did not connect with Nora or any of the other characters... On that note, the other characters weren't the most three-dimensional, though partially due to the fact that they did not know about their other selves in the way that Nora did, but I thought this made it really difficult to feel anything when things happened to them... I wish some of the messages were less in-your-face too. I found myself being skeptical that Nora, who studied philosophy (!), had not thought all that deeply about some of the things the librarian had to spell out for her... It seemed strange at times that she didn't understand certain things... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

strawberrytheauthor's review

dark hopeful reflective tense 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

I hate when the ending of a book is so good it bumps its star rating up one. The ending was so good but the rest of the book was kind of bland and slow. 

I put every possible content warning I saw the minor ones were pretty much just mentioned by the word and same with a few of the moderate ones but they repeated a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Mental illness, and Animal death

Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual content, Stalking, Chronic illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Cancer

kat1105's review

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Cancer, Addiction, Drug abuse, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Vomit, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Abandonment

ladyofphoenixx's review

medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Death, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

bluenikol82's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

puddleshoes's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

jasperchandler01's review

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse