I loved the concept of Midnight Library. What if on the day of your death you could go back and see the lives you would have lived if only you had made certain choices differently. If you could fix your biggest, and smallest, regrets and see if you would have lived a happier more meaningful life. After losing her job and cat in the same day, a depressed Nora Seed gets this chance after chasing a bottle of antidepressants with one of wine.
If you get past the stretch of imagination it takes to get you to the midnight library where Nora spends most of the book suspended between life and death you're in for an amazing book. A book about how the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence. And how the smallest changes in you and how you live your life can deeply impact those in your periphery. Like how no longer teaching piano to a young boy removes the last barrier keeping him from a life of mischief and crime. Or how not living in the house you reside in in your root life, being able to get meds for, and help take care of your aging neighbour means he ends up losing his independence and living in a nursing home.
Haig writes a thought provoking novel about how all our decisions, big and small, have the grandest effects. And the choices we make about will truly make us happy. Making us answer for ourselves " what is the best way to live". And an underlying reminder that no matter how inconsequential we may think we are, we are all the difference to someone else.
***TW: suicide, depression, overdose, death of a pet***
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Firstly, I'm just half way through the book but I'm really enjoying the story. This was one of the recommendations from many people (especially after IN THE SOOP 2), and it's been very easy to read and relate. I'm one of those once in a blue moon readers, so my expectations are low and can't critique on the story or writing style.
With COVID evolving each moment, this story makes me want to live in the moment more than thinking too much about the future. Life's too short, and you'll never know whether a decision made was for the better or worse.
Lastly, the physical quality of the book was... A little disappointing? The pages were so roughly cut, and you'll notice in my pictures the jaggedness. The pages seem really fragile and would rip if you don't handle it carefully. So far, I've been really gentle to avoid damaging anything. I was actually concerned that this was a second-hand book, but the overall appearance seemed new without creases on the cover. Maybe that's how books are made nowadays?
With COVID evolving each moment, this story makes me want to live in the moment more than thinking too much about the future. Life's too short, and you'll never know whether a decision made was for the better or worse.
Lastly, the physical quality of the book was... A little disappointing? The pages were so roughly cut, and you'll notice in my pictures the jaggedness. The pages seem really fragile and would rip if you don't handle it carefully. So far, I've been really gentle to avoid damaging anything. I was actually concerned that this was a second-hand book, but the overall appearance seemed new without creases on the cover. Maybe that's how books are made nowadays?
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