A review by racheyreads
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was a ride! The premise and basis for how the story could feasibly happen in reality were creative and seemed well thought out.

I was wary of how this book was going to go, considering it brings in multiverse theory. At the beginning, I did audibly complain this was VERY repetitive, and I understand why, I just think it did it one or two times too many before settling on the life changing scenario. I don't think it was until the last 100 or so pages that the book actually started to remove itself from a groundhog day situation.

That being said, I loved the writing, and I somehow love the main character in all her messy glory. Her concerns and fears are all human and relateable, which makes it very easy to sit there with her and wonder "what could have happened if I did this differently".

This book was also the first which made me genuinely wish to annotate and flag lines. I never annotate...
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