A Review of the Book "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig

Title: The Midnight Library

Author: Matt Haig

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Year: 2020

288 pages

From the Back: Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she ahs a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone, down, including herself. But things are about to change.

    The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

    Before times runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: What is the best way to live?

Personal Thoughts: We all have regrets, some small, some big. Paths in our lives where we look back and wonder what would our life be like if we had turned left instead of right, chosen door 2 instead of door 1. The ability to make choices in our lives is part of what makes us human, but sometimes we get fixated on what could have been.

    This is what happens to Nora Seed in this book. Matt Haig takes us on an exciting ride as Nora explores and re-explores all of the different forks in the road that her life contained. Nora is searching for the perfect life, the one where every choice she made was the right one and her life ended up exactly the way she imagined that she wanted.

    Here's the thing, though. The grass isn't always greener on the other side. During her time of exploration, Nora learns some truly important life lessons, ones that we could all use a reminder of.

    The Midnight Library was an emotionally captivating read that makes you ponder the question "Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?"