The Midnight Library

The Midnight Library
Written by Matt Haig

Originally published in 2020
288 pages

Rate 10/10

My summary of The Midnight Library

Life has been very hard for Nora the past couple of years both her parents are dead and her only sibling won't even talk to her ever since their falling out after she decided to leave their band. Within 12 hours of her deciding to end her life she looses her job, her cat dies, she gets yelled at by a former band mate, her brother avoided her while he was in town, and best friend won't text her back. Nora feels that her life is meaningless and over until she shows up to a place called "The Midnight Library" where she can choose the life she wants to live.

The possibilities are endless, the shelves go on forever, but will Nora be able to find the life she's always wanted to live before time runs out?

My opinion on The Midnight Library

This is exactly the type of book I needed. It seems that the multi-verse has been becoming a very popular theory in mainstream media and I am all for it. The Midnight Library has the type of philosophical elements that I think about often. The way that it was written wasn't confusing, which was great because these types of theories can get super complex.

I also really enjoyed the main character in this book. Nora's character development was well charted and lead to a great conclusion. I assumed that was the way things were going to end, but I wasn't entirely sure. I don't think there were any plot twists, but that might be because I have looked into this type of theory before.

I also enjoyed the layout of the book. The chapters weren't long which made for an easy read. This book is thought provoking and I think everyone should read it or something similar to it at least once in their life.

Quotes

"All have had a deep desire to have done things differently. They had regrets. Some contemplated that they may be better of dead but also had a desire to live as another version of themselves." (148)

"Human brains take complex information about the world and simplify it, so that when a human looks at a tree it translates the intricately complex mass of leaves and branches into this thing called 'tree'. To be human was to continually dumb the world down into an understandable story that keeps things simple." (148-149)

More information

To read more about Matt Haig check out his website using this link: Matt Haig
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