Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

112 reviews

emsavors's review

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

also_micah's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

alixsbooktherapy's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

Would you have done anything different if you had The chance to undo your regrets?
I'm sobbing now I finished this book it was another good book by Matt haig and definitely  one I'll be talking about for a very long time.
Huge flirting with nora was so cute

"The sex turned out to be disappointing"
"You are just a Mechanism"
This book is sooo good
This book made me fall in love with the charcters and felt the stories I would recommend  this to everyone  I know  especially  if you don't believe  you should be here, you are loved and I'm glad you are alive.
I'm so glad joe got sober and he became the person he needed to be😭

This book was so inspiring and hit me hard unfortunately  I know how nora felt throughout This book, and some of the topics hit home for me, the best advice I can give any reader is please take care of yourself  after reading this there is plenty of heavy topics

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

keenanmaree's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse

gabriella_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

2.5

i like the fantasy/sci-fi world building and framework for this book, it has a lot of potential. but the actual prose and character writing left more to be desired. i was not engaged with the protagonist at all. the writing was very dry (but picks up later on).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

kenzibir's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Loved this book and the perspective it gives! Highly recommend to everyone who are at a crossroads in life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

alliejm00's review

dark hopeful reflective tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

acidicgoddess's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

This book is cozy despite the serious topics it talks about. Reading it felt like reading someone’s thoughts unwind, or listening to someone go on and on about a topic they’re passionate about. The author has somehow made this book have life (that is to say, it has spirit) about a topic on life without hammering life lessons into the reader. I honestly believe that everyone should read this if they’re going through a tough spot.

The only reason it isn’t a 5 is because, once I had gotten 200 pages in, it felt like things should be wrapping up, and there’s still 88 pages left. Maybe it’s because I haven’t taken much of a break from reading the book, but it’s just so good that I don’t want to put it down!

At the end of the day, concerning lower reviews on this book, I think the target audience is for “those who get it, get it”. I’ve had people come up to me and say “your life cannot be that bad” — it really was. It felt like every new day inspired a new problem, and that’s why I found the beginning of the book so relatable. Especially when the mc compares herself to a black hole. 

If you’re debating on reading this just because someone says it’s deep and that’s all, feel free to give the book a read but I highly doubt it’ll have the same impact on you than those of us who have lived the mc’s life. 

And yes, while the ending is unrealistic, it’s still fiction. Books are supposed to make us feel better, not remind us of the hell we’re still living. Not even the mechanics of the library are realistic, so don’t read into it. :p

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

milesss's review

dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

it just wasn't very good. the opening sequence is describing the character going into a deep depressive spiral that leads to her suicide and it reads like it's trying to be comedic and failing. completely emotionally unaffecting. it gets good for about 35 pages in the middle (118-153) when she goes to the arctic and then goes back downhill again after that. ends how you imagine. best sequence is 124-134. there's a polar bear and some funny chapter titles.

if you think the premise of explorng alternate realities sounds interesting i'd recommend my real children by jo walton

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

gaillypoo's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

3.0

There was no warning about the self harm and that would have been an easy and helpful thing to add

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol