“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?” – 5/5 stars!

Attention! This book contains: ginger cats, best friends, rock bands, decisions, pubs, infinite books, sweet librarians, polar bears, breakups, Australia and a life of choices and regrets.

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.

I fully understand the hype of this book and I’m happy it is so popular, because I know for sure I will never forget what I’ve just read. 

It’s the kind of book that makes you think about how all the decisions you made, big or small, made an impact on the course of your life. While reading this, I kept thinking about what would have happened if I made different decisions at certain points in my own life and how different I would be today. 

The concept of this book is very interesting and the execution is also super good. I really liked how the author used a single character and reviewed her life decisions to send a clear message: make readers understand they’re exactly where they need to be and we shouldn’t regret anything in our lives. We are all doing the best we can with the decisions we face.

Can’t recommend it enough, give it a go and it will be worth it!

xoxo,