Author: Matt Haig
Length: 304 pages
The Midnight Library
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Description
“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.”
Janet Dore –
“‘Sometimes regrets aren’t based on fact at all. Sometimes regrets are just…’ She searched for the appropriate term and found it. ‘A load of bullshit.'”
This book was recommended to me to help restore my faith in humanity. While it didn’t quite hit that mark, it did help restore my faith in myself. (Even better!)
This was a fast, but profound, read for me. I couldn’t put it down! Any well written book that changes my perspective in some way gets a 5-star outta me and this one checked both of those boxes.
What shifted? The “grass is greener” thing is totally wiped out when we realize that: 1) we are the same core person in every single one of our alternative lives, and 2) the potential to change almost everything (including our perspective) lives inside of us NOW.
This is a fabulous book to read…and to gift to others. It’s especially helpful for anyone who suffers from depression and/or has contemplated/attempted suicide.