The Midnight Library ★★★☆☆

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★★★☆☆

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is about a woman named Nora who is very depressed, thinks she has nothing going in her life and attempts suicide - only to find herself between life and death in a library where each book represents a different life she could have led if she made different decisions.

I read this on my Kindle on loan from the library. (Picture from outside the SPL Douglass-Truth Branch) Not gonna lie, I read it because it has to do with books.

This book was like if the movie It’s A Wonderful Life was set in a library. It’s a unique idea for a story told simply, sweetly, and predictably. Haig keeps the book very light, treating the library of “what-if” lives like a child playing dress-up in order to learn from their regrets and be grateful to be alive. Full of inspirational quotes by Haig and also Thoreau.

If you or someone you know is thinking of attempting suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Line at 1-800-273-8255

I heard Haig wrote a book called Reasons to Stay Alive, about his own battle with depression, and I would be interested in reading that.

If you liked The Midnight Library, I also recommend Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor, and Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Happy reading -

Ms.Bjork