Synopsis
"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? In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, 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" (Amazon.com)
Genre
Fiction, Fantasy
Awards
New York Times Best Seller
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year
Review
I thought that this was a very thought provoking book. Going through the many lives of Nora was a way of seeing how differently someone's life can be by just one decision. When I was reading this book I started to think about my life and how differently things could have been. The different interpretations about how to live your life is explored well in this novel. On Goodreads there was one review by Gabby that I completely agree with. Gabby wrote, "This book forces you to ask hard questions, like what makes a life worth living? And are your dreams for yourself really something you want? I love the way this book talks about regrets and how most of the time our regrets are a load of of things that are out of our control and they are causing a major burden on our life." I felt this book was doing more of guiding instead of entertaining. It shows that people makes mistakes and how those mistakes weigh on us. However, how can we know those are mistakes? They could just be things that lead us into the right direction. Those mistakes can become miracles. Not everyone knows there life fully so those mistakes could become something more than a mistake. That is what I love most about this book. It dives deeper into self and less into concept. There is no real villain nor is there no real setting. The novel is just about Nora. Nora is the novel.
Rating
I rate this novel 5 out of 5 stars.
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