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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
3.0

I liked alright this but I didn’t love this, like a lot of folks. It’s charming, a little sad, A LOT sentimental. To be clear though, a life altering perspective change doesn’t “solve” clinical depression - depression isn’t just having a crappy attitude. In fact, I found the end of this a little bit problematic. Whether or not she was taking meds shouldn’t be a sign of whether or not she had found true happiness in a certain life. It kinda seemed like it really wanted to go into the cheesy “it’s a wonderful life” style fix, while in reality clinical depression doesn’t work that way and making people think it can is harmful.