Monday, April 3, 2023

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - 304 pages

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?


Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

I absolutely loved the concept of this book!  Once I started this I could not put it down.  In the beginning I was really frustrated with Nora, she just couldn't commit to a life choice.  As Nora starts visiting lives where she lives out her biggest regrets she realizes that things don't necessarily turn out great.  Reading this book really makes you think about how it's the small decisions/actions that we take that make the biggest impact; not just on ourselves but on others around us.  Highly recommend!


 

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