Review by jasminrain - The Midnight Library

jasminrain 's review for:

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I don't think I'm the target audience for this book. I don't generally have regrets and I prefer to live my life instead of pondering over what it could have been. But I still really enjoyed it. It was so hard for me to stop reading and I really wanted to learn what was happening to the main character and what choices she was going to make. Diving into the possible lives she could have lived was really interesting. I somewhat disliked the "I don't know who I am in this life" setting and I felt like she had too many great life opportunities for a regular working class woman, but the story itself was captivating and I really really enjoyed the pacing of the book and the length of the chapters. It was hard not wanting to read just a little bit more when the chapters were only few pages long!

Part of me wanted not to love it because it's so hyped and another part tells me that the story isn't good enough to be a five star read but here we go. I loved the reading experience.

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