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A review by kenziithefox
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
4.0
Remember when you were thirteen and how everything seemed so far ahead. You were so young and naive that the only thing you could think about was what you couldn't do. Rather than what you could.
Then before you knew it you were older. Ask yourself, did you make all the decisions you wanted? Did you make all the right decisions?
If you ever had that moment where you looked back at a decision and wanted to change it, this book just might be your next big read.
This book is something that, like many other books, you have to experience to understand. In the Midnight Library, you follow a young lady by the name of Nora Seed. Nora, just like many of us, have things she regrets. Things she wished she changed, opportunities she wished she took, and people she wished she had stayed with.
Like Nora, I'm sure we've all been on that boat before. That boat where you began to daydream what your life would have been like if you had just said yes to that relationship many years ago. If you studied hard, you would have got into that dream school or found a family you could call your own.
Nora is struggling. Her doubts and her regrets in life bubble and fester at the surface until it chokes her and makes her fear every choice she has ever made in her life. It becomes too much, and Nora starts to wonder if life is even worth living at all. Nora, though, gets a second chance TO change it.
The author is fluent with weaving terrible darkness and light into the reality that just makes you think about not only Nora Seed, but yourself. Not many books have I read where I stepped back and realized I had tears wet against my eyes. When I finished the book it rattled me so hard I ended up seeking out my fiance and nuzzled my face deep into his chest to let out a swarm of emotion. I cried and it was a powerful and emotional cry. It wasn't a sad cry but a realization that I too, was like Nora Seed.
It's one of those books I could relate to. While not everyone will have the same knee-jerk reaction to the book as I did, it still is by far, a wonderful story about life and the decisions you make that impact everything around you.
After a few months when I look back on it I still remember how wonderful of a title it was. It will always be special. But the characters are less than memorable, but the story still remains powerful and magical to this day.
Then before you knew it you were older. Ask yourself, did you make all the decisions you wanted? Did you make all the right decisions?
If you ever had that moment where you looked back at a decision and wanted to change it, this book just might be your next big read.
This book is something that, like many other books, you have to experience to understand. In the Midnight Library, you follow a young lady by the name of Nora Seed. Nora, just like many of us, have things she regrets. Things she wished she changed, opportunities she wished she took, and people she wished she had stayed with.
Like Nora, I'm sure we've all been on that boat before. That boat where you began to daydream what your life would have been like if you had just said yes to that relationship many years ago. If you studied hard, you would have got into that dream school or found a family you could call your own.
Nora is struggling. Her doubts and her regrets in life bubble and fester at the surface until it chokes her and makes her fear every choice she has ever made in her life. It becomes too much, and Nora starts to wonder if life is even worth living at all. Nora, though, gets a second chance TO change it.
The author is fluent with weaving terrible darkness and light into the reality that just makes you think about not only Nora Seed, but yourself. Not many books have I read where I stepped back and realized I had tears wet against my eyes. When I finished the book it rattled me so hard I ended up seeking out my fiance and nuzzled my face deep into his chest to let out a swarm of emotion. I cried and it was a powerful and emotional cry. It wasn't a sad cry but a realization that I too, was like Nora Seed.
It's one of those books I could relate to. While not everyone will have the same knee-jerk reaction to the book as I did, it still is by far, a wonderful story about life and the decisions you make that impact everything around you.
After a few months when I look back on it I still remember how wonderful of a title it was. It will always be special. But the characters are less than memorable, but the story still remains powerful and magical to this day.