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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

102 reviews

anitahoz's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

erinwolf1997's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

m4ggieok's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This book teaches everyone a really important lesson: you shouldn’t end things just because they’re not going the way you want them to! Give life some time and try to fix what’s bothering you. Don’t just give up. You are stronger than you think you are!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

gabbynasty's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

anj's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Infidelity, Self harm, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Self harm, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

caitsousa's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

avacronin's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.5

If you have any interest in Philosophy, you may be familiar with the question; "What happens after we die?". As someone who has often pondered that exact question, I thoroughly enjoyed the perspective The Midnight Library shined on the matter.

This book imagines that between life and death there is a library, as it appears for Nora, that allows you the opportunity to try a life that you could have lived, if you had made a different decision in the past. It allows you to undo your regrets of a missed choice, however good or bad it could have turned out. As somebody who has been interested in The String Theory and the theory of parallel universes, I thought this book provided a interesting view on how this could appear.

The Pros
- I found this book both interesting and easy to read. The chapters are fairly short, and none of the story line was dragged out unnecessarily. Because the story was changing often with the changing of lives, it never felt boring and the book had my full attention throughout its entirety.

- Matt Haig expertly deals with the topic of regret in a way that doesn't feel forced or fake. Through Nora, he shows that life can be full of regrets, which ultimately can lead to life becoming a task, rather than something to enjoy (possible trigger warning). However, through the library, he conveys the message that not all regrets should be lingered on, as you can never accurately predict how your life will turn out.
"But it is not lives we regret not living that are the real problem. It is the regret itself."

The Cons
- The only con that springs to mind is that I wish some of the lives lasted longer. I understand that some had to be longer than others in order to avoid losing interest or becoming too repetitive, however, I would have liked for some of Nora's lives to have been able to develop more and have more of an impact.

This book is truly a pleasant read. It does feature some possibly sensitive topics, however I felt these are all dealt with in a proper way. Overall, The Midnight Library was insightful and had great impact, and has inspired many philosophical thoughts about the afterlife in my mind. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

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