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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

980 reviews

kegila's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Vomit, and Death

haykat'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

3.5

I really love the concept of this book; however, I think it would be much better as a short story. It feels very repetitive, even though situations are different each time. The repetition made it drag on. 

It does read fairly quickly. The short chapters are really nice! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

The overall concept of the book stems from the narrating attempting suicide. Something to me mindful of if that subject is triggering.

aichaa's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism

reginacattus's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

A lesson in finding hope within despair, and also embracing the many worlds theory in physics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Self harm, Alcohol, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Homophobia, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Cancer

taymorton20's review

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Death of parent, and Car accident

craftysnailtail's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I understand why this book is popular, but it just wasn't for me. The writing sometimes waxed poetic in a way that felt forced to me. I knew how it would end within the first few pages. The overall message is important, but I couldn't connect with the main character and well, this book is all about her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Alcoholism, Stalking, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Animal death, and Car accident

daniellarae's review

hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

Great book to pick up if you have ever felt like you have lost your way in life or struggling with any regrets. Each chapter is short so easy to pick and put down if you have a lower attention span. Inspiring story and makes you reflect on life and your choices.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

emostby's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcoholism

mattyvreads's review

dark emotional hopeful relaxing tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was not for me, but I understand it’s appeal and I do think that it is well written. I thought that, overall, the story was predictable and the message was heavy-handed. It is a fun premise that feels like it’s been explored many times before…

I liked the concept of the Midnight Library itself. That was very intriguing. 

As I write this, I don’t know if I had a definitive problem with the story or if I just didn’t care for the book. There was something about the way in which the depiction of suicide and its aftermath gave me pause. I don’t know if I can put that into words. 

At the end of the day, it was not my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Animal death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Addiction

Minor: Emotional abuse

welp_seeyalater's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Self harm and Animal death

Minor: Stalking, Alcoholism, Addiction, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Panic attacks/disorders

I want to explain the trigger warning I'm giving this book. Its depiction of attempted suicide isn't graphic or explicit in the sense that it is gory or violent, but graphic and explicit in the sense that it is definitely not *implicit*, and that the main character's suicidal thoughts are central to the plot of the book and are discussed repeatedly. While it could definitely be triggering for some people, overall the book ends up being pretty uplifting and as someone who has struggled with depression I really enjoyed it.