The Midnight Library
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Goodreads Precis:
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?
In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig’s enchanting new 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.
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?
In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig’s enchanting new 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.
My Review:
The following quote from 'The Midnight Library' in my opinion embodies this novel perfectly.
'Between life and death there is a library and within that library, the shelves go on for ever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you made other choices. Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets.' (Taken from page 79 of the novel.)
Parallel lives, a clever concept that gives the the reader so much to consider in this emotionally complex novel. Nora the protagonist has been having difficulty coping with life and is on the verge of taking her own life to end her misery when she finds herself transported to the library. Once there Nora is given the chance to try out some other lives, she may have lived if she had made different decisions along the way.
Highly recommend this unique story to everyone.
The following quote from 'The Midnight Library' in my opinion embodies this novel perfectly.
'Between life and death there is a library and within that library, the shelves go on for ever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you made other choices. Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets.' (Taken from page 79 of the novel.)
Parallel lives, a clever concept that gives the the reader so much to consider in this emotionally complex novel. Nora the protagonist has been having difficulty coping with life and is on the verge of taking her own life to end her misery when she finds herself transported to the library. Once there Nora is given the chance to try out some other lives, she may have lived if she had made different decisions along the way.
Highly recommend this unique story to everyone.
