Tuesday, June 1, 2021

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

This book was an interesting idea, which kind of reminded me of Dark Matter, with the whole "infinite possibilities of lives in the multiverse" kind of thing. Except in this book, you get to be more intentional about which life you choose. The book is about a girl who has nothing but regrets and choices she wishes she hadn't made, so she tries to end her life. After she does, she wakes up in a giant library, with millions of books that each have a different life she can try to enter. Like what would her life be like if she had ended up marrying that guy? Or if she had tried to go all in on her band? Or her Olympic swimming career? It was interesting seeing what she learned from each life she visited and how she realized each one was disappointing in different ways--none of them were totally perfect. It ended in a good way, where she went back to her original life and tried to make it better, make it actually hers. I thought it was pretty good but kind of long.

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