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A review by pineconek
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
5.0
Well, I read my 52nd book of the year in effectively one sitting. I was sleep deprived when I started this book last night, so I won't count the first 15 pages I read before I fell asleep but instead will enjoy the 3h journey I just had.
What a beautiful anti-suicide manifesto. What a gorgeous piece of art. I'm not surprised it won a prize this year - I'm pretty sure this book was the equivalent to about 3 months of solid therapy.
We all need these reminders. I remember experiencing this feeling of hope and fierce, fighting aliveness when I first saw the ocean, or during my trip to Japan, or in small happy moments throughout the last few years. This paragraph isn't about the book but more about what the book was to me and the things in my life it reminded me of - which I believe good literature does. I connected with this beautiful prose intimately, and reflected both on the contents of the book and the memories and moments it brought up from my own life. That's art.
What a beautiful anti-suicide manifesto. What a gorgeous piece of art. I'm not surprised it won a prize this year - I'm pretty sure this book was the equivalent to about 3 months of solid therapy.
We all need these reminders. I remember experiencing this feeling of hope and fierce, fighting aliveness when I first saw the ocean, or during my trip to Japan, or in small happy moments throughout the last few years. This paragraph isn't about the book but more about what the book was to me and the things in my life it reminded me of - which I believe good literature does. I connected with this beautiful prose intimately, and reflected both on the contents of the book and the memories and moments it brought up from my own life. That's art.