304 pages
English language
Published Dec. 12, 2020 by Penguin Publishing Group.
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 …
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.
One for the shelves of my home. This was a lovely lovely warm read like a cup of cofee on a damp evening. So much joy and so much love pouring out. No book made me feel this way in a really long time. This book is going to stay with me for a very long time. Wonderfull read!!
Great read. Very emotional final 10%. Inspiring ending.
Side note: the string of disappointing male characters seemed a little contrived. The parade of disappointing dudes with banal flaws didn’t spoil the story, it’s just a bit distracting. I read it as the protagonist being so alienated from herself and her community that she mostly experienced her root life through the disappointments it brought, mired in regret and missing much of the joy
If I didn’t know the author was a heterosexual guy, I would have guessed that the author was a “dump him” feminist… i guess that’s a compliment to the author’s ability to get into the head of an opposite gender protagonist.
Nearly 5 stars.
Loved it. Maybe a bit predictable but that does not spoil it.
As my 2-star rating notes, it was ok. There isn't much there there. I know this book got a ton of notice all over but I just didn't see it.
I have seen other reviews mention sci-fi. This is not sci-fi folks, the supernatural element is just there as a device for the main character to investigate the roads not taken. But for three quarters of the book, it reads more like a catalog of these lives not lived, very superficially. Only then, when she supposedly finds the perfect life, well... I won't spoil.
Maybe this ties to the author's previous book, Reasons to Stay Alive.
I expected more from the premise and the buzz on this.
As my 2-star rating notes, it was ok. There isn't much there there. I know this book got a ton of notice all over but I just didn't see it.
I have seen other reviews mention sci-fi. This is not sci-fi folks, the supernatural element is just there as a device for the main character to investigate the roads not taken. But for three quarters of the book, it reads more like a catalog of these lives not lived, very superficially. Only then, when she supposedly finds the perfect life, well... I won't spoil.
Maybe this ties to the author's previous book, Reasons to Stay Alive.
I expected more from the premise and the buzz on this.
