Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

504 reviews

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer and Cursing

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Addiction

Minor: Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical content, and Animal cruelty

jessicadr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

I gave this book 4 stars because it made me reflect on my own life — I wasn’t expecting it to. 
However, the book itself is a bit cliche. I think the concept of the book is wonderful, the writing style could just be stronger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Grief, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer and Car accident

Minor: Stalking and Toxic relationship

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

maddyredfield_'s review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Addiction, and Alcohol

justjane22's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

mgdsmile's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

Having just finished another novel where the character gets sucked into books…this one was way better. The Midnight Library narrates Nora’s path to finding reasons to live. The book brings up philosophy and existentialism in a very accessible and still concrete way (though the story is somewhat limited in scope). The book feels like a combination of The Good Place and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. I felt connected with Nora’s experiences and found great value in the message about overcoming regret, creating purpose, and growing as humans.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism and Grief

blackheart's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.0

I thought this book was fine. A bit predictable and a touch preachy. Otherwise, it was a fun perspective on live and the constant wonder of "what if". 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Stalking, Alcoholism, Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

lisrae's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death