MIDNIGHT LIBRARY. It turns out he's not massively into eighteenth-century French philosophy and literature. I felt that it treated a serious subject (suicide) in a very trite way and I was left feeling that I had just been preached at/lectured about the important things in life. Or embroidered on a pillow — pick your poison. Like many things in 2020 this book is awful. .' She didn't even hate running. Easy to wish we'd developed other other talents, said yes to different offers. ( this is not kind of toasting for the book and raising your glass kind of loving it. Only the sertraline stopped her crying. How do you-'. I’m obligated to watch any show he puts out - and they’re bad - I just have to envision him in face off and all is good. She is in constant search of that perfect life. Instead of the blackness of death, she awakes in the Midnight Library accompanied by her Elementary School librarian, Mrs. Elm. . 'Not a massive demand for philosophers in Bedford, if I'm honest, Neil. Suicide is a difficult subject to tackle, but Matt Haig does it brilliantly and sensitively in this book. Made another sound but didn't quite manage a full word. She was, after all, already in her night clothes even though it was only nine p.m. She felt self-conscious about her over-sized ECO WORRIER T-shirt and her tartan pyjama bottoms. Easy to wish we'd worked harder, loved better, handled our finances more astutely, been more popular, stayed in the band, gone to Australia, said yes to the coffee or done more bloody yoga. Either chasing someone or being chased. This structure occupies a magical space between life and death. a bit too much on the self-help spectrum of things. 'Oh God.'. But then I was left alone in my flat and I couldn't sleep and forgot to set the alarm and didn't wake up till midday and then had to rush.'. But let me tell you this: if you don’t find the parallel universes interesting to read about in stories, don’t read this novel. Maybe that was the real-life lesson. 'I'm sorry,' she told Neil, in the scruffy little windowless box of an office. I'm doing the Bedford Half. Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2020. BOOOOOKS.” The library is just more of a metaphor. I've got some ideas of how to get younger peo-', 'No,' he said, defensively. The Midnight Library is a quaint and heartening read, Haig has written a book meant to motivate, comfort and inspire. She is given the opportunity to try out different versions of her life from the limitless choices of books in the library. He finds Voltaire a bit pretentious. There's such a thing as free will. Mrs. Elm explains that the library is filled with books. I am envious of every person who is yet to read this book, because to read it for the very first time is an emotional experience. 'Coldness and wetness don't always go together,' Nora told her. Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020. With a promising premise in proving that we are the choices that we make, Nora and her parallel universes illustrate just how life can be lived with no regrets. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. ', 'Did you picture yourself stuck in your hometown working in a shop? Aim to be you. What a way to end this year of reading! She arrived back in the Midnight Library. This is the ultimate “what if I had done it differently?” story. Through the underlying current of sadness, this literature transcends us to a library between the universes with a librarian who is a mental metaphor that can be fathomed only by a few. She put on her slippers, to be slightly more civilised, and discovered that the person at the door was a man, and one she recognised. She gave the short version. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. But at the same time, I can’t name anything I liked. ', A moment later, Nora watched Mrs Elm on the phone. This book is so much fun. No more words! ', 'Well, maybe you should be an astronaut. The dialogue flows naturally and the characters come to life. It’s full of quirky plot lines, with glimpses of opportunities and potential in unexpected places and people. Especially you animal lovers- and in particular, you dog lovers in the crowd. She'd said she was stupidly hectic (big lol). I call him Volts. In the world of the Midnight Library, the books take on the role of portals into alternate realities. In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig’s enchanting new novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. 'Sheltering from the rain?' So it might be more of a “me and not you” kind of book. 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