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A review by ambarbaq
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
3.0
What to say about this book... I read it incredibly fast, although if we're being fair it is a very short book. This wasn't in my radar at all, I was actively searching for books that dealt with... well the topic of this book, and this seemed exactly like the sort of book I was looking for.
I rated it 3.5/5, I don't know, maybe it should be higher? It definitely moved me and has shifted my perspective on my situation, but it was a tad bit boring and self help-y? To be fair, I needed the latter lmao. It had some of the most accurate descriptions of depression and suicidal ideation I've seen, at least in my lived experience, even the medications are right. I didn't know if I was going to be able to finish it because Nora's earlier attitudes mimic so closely what I've felt, particularly her relationship with her friend Izzy. Close friendships fading to time and distance, exchanging only emoji filled birthday wishes once a year, wondering if they remember you as fondly as you remember them... God, just thinking about that and the many friends I've grown distant over the past decade... anyway no one likes a whiner and I don't wanna spook my audience of three people who barely know me yet and I'm trying to befriend.
Loved the concept of the book, in many ways it felt like Everything Everywhere All At Once , doubt I am the first person to bring up that comparison, but in the end both pieces of media left me with a hole in my chest but also an odd sense of hope. Blergh.
I had a much bigger review planned in my mind. I highlighted a lot of passages, but that's a topic for another time perhaps.
I rated it 3.5/5, I don't know, maybe it should be higher? It definitely moved me and has shifted my perspective on my situation, but it was a tad bit boring and self help-y? To be fair, I needed the latter lmao. It had some of the most accurate descriptions of depression and suicidal ideation I've seen, at least in my lived experience, even the medications are right. I didn't know if I was going to be able to finish it because Nora's earlier attitudes mimic so closely what I've felt, particularly her relationship with her friend Izzy. Close friendships fading to time and distance, exchanging only emoji filled birthday wishes once a year, wondering if they remember you as fondly as you remember them... God, just thinking about that and the many friends I've grown distant over the past decade... anyway no one likes a whiner and I don't wanna spook my audience of three people who barely know me yet and I'm trying to befriend.
Loved the concept of the book, in many ways it felt like Everything Everywhere All At Once , doubt I am the first person to bring up that comparison, but in the end both pieces of media left me with a hole in my chest but also an odd sense of hope. Blergh.
I had a much bigger review planned in my mind. I highlighted a lot of passages, but that's a topic for another time perhaps.