This is my first book review ever, so please be patient with me! I love this book so much, and I think others deserve to know of its existence. I haven’t been able to finish a book in years. I gave The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig, a try. I even bought the ebook because it was cheaper and figured it might be another half read book, but oh my god.
I finished it, ON MY PHONE, in one day. I never reread books, but this is the one I would reread. This is the one I am going to buy the hardcover version of. I truly resonated with the character, and the plot of the story resembles a reality for a lot of us. What if we could have done things differently? What if we chose a different path? What if..? This book surpassed my expectation, peaked my interest, and it kept me so intrigued I could not put it down. Nora, the main character, was able to choose which lives she wanted to “visit”, to see what life could’ve looked like if she were to take different paths in life and made different decisions. I loved going on those journeys with her, and exploring those different versions of her and the people around her. I loved that each life she chose was so different – in one life, she’s an olympic medal winner, in another she’s a famous artist, or a marine biologist, or a wife and a mother.
My favorite thing about this book is the lesson I took away from it, and it’s that life ends up working out the way it’s supposed to. Even if you chose to take a different path, that life that would’ve come with it might seem attractive, but it’s not you and what you actually want. The life you chose, the steps you took, the decisions you made, created who you are today. Even if you were to redo your life, with whatever life path you choose, there’s always that doubt and “what if” in your ahead. It’ll never be enough, you’ll never feel satisfied. It taught me to never look back and think twice, the life I’m supposed to live is the one I’m living today and it made me appreciate life in general and the power of today and living in the present.
Has anyone else read this book? What did you take away from it?
by PsychologicalDot4049