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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

13 reviews

pershie13's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

This book came into my life at the perfect time when I didn't know just how much I needed it. Matt Haig wrote this book beautifully, creating a compelling story full of philosophy, emotion, and color while teaching me lessons about myself and others. Nora Seed is unhappy in her life, so unhappy that she wants to leave her life behind. But in the Midnight Library, she has the chance to undo any regrets from her past and try to find her "perfect life." Through numerous trials and existences, Nora begins to understand pieces of herself and develop a different view of her life. I see myself as Nora sometimes. I see myself as someone who tends to question the decisions I've made and regret things I have or have not done in my life. Life is messy, but there is also beauty among the mess. Despite regrets and mistakes, as Mrs. Elm says to Nora in the Midnight Library, "Sometimes the only way to learn is to live."

This book teaches lesson after lesson through philosophy, empathy, and emotion. It has both dark and light themes attached, and it makes you feel for Nora and the characters while making you question the way you are living your own life. I have not read a book that made me think this much in a long time, and I think I will take many lessons from this book and use them as reminders to live life with no regrets, lead a life full of compassion, and to use my perspective to consider all the possibilities that life brings. The Midnight Library is a book that I hope to come back to over and over again, and I believe it could be life changing for people in all walks of life. This is an automatic five stars as one of the best books I have ever read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

mayze's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Interesting concept but the execution could have been better. 

The last half of the book feels rushed and predictable. The characters were well written and it's still a decent read. 

I feel that this is a self-help book disguised as a work of fiction, the last two chapters were pretty blatant about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abandonment, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

hannahjuliano's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

2.75

could've read a self-help book if i wanted to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

coybooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, and Cancer

Minor: Blood

katherinek's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.0

It was a little cliche and predictable, but overall a good message and a cool concept. The first half was pretty boring but the second half wasn’t bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Vomit, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, and Stalking

lis4so's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Blood

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Vomit

pastelkerstin's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Too straightforwardly corny for me and emotionally manipulative the way it

Spoiler

kills people off in the AUs via butterfly effect.

But the short chapters are like crack for my bad attention span brain, I'll give it that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Infidelity

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

lucyselim's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infidelity, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer

mandi4886's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Wow! This is not the type of book that I usually read but I ended up falling in love with it. I will warn that there are a lot of heavy storylines within it but I felt like it ended perfectly 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Infidelity