The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
About The Book
Title: The Midnight Library
Author: Matt Haig
Genre: Adult Contemporary
Pages: 304
Rating: ★★★★★
Synopsis:
Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?
A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and How To Stop Time.
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?
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My Review
This is probably going to be one of the most impactful books I have ever read. I feel like I have read this book at a perfect time in my life. I’ve said this many times since my grandpa passed, my mental health has been trash.
The Midnight Library is about Nora. More specifically about Nora wanting to take her own life. She’s depressed. She can’t seem to find a reason to be alive. Once she’s completed to act she’s chosen to take her life. she’s placed in this limbo that is a library. At this library, there is Mrs. Elm. Mrs. Elm was the librarian at one of Nora’s schools when she was a child. She technically is there to help Nora decide to live.
This isn’t an ordinary library though. It’s a midnight library. The time doesn’t move. The books are filled with variations of Nora’s lives that she can choose to live if she so pleases. There is also the big book of regrets. What were to happen if she changed one of those regrets?
I loved this book. I was a bit skeptical going in. I didn’t know if I was mentally ready to read a book like this. I’m glad a coworker wanted to read this together because I honestly don’t think I would have picked it up otherwise. This book definitely gave me a huge new insight into life. If I could go back and change something, it could mess up something else.
I am grateful for this book. It is definitely one I will try and read more than once.
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