The only thing Matt Haig excels at is figuring out what the point of life is, and that's about it.

A library with an endless number of novels, each of which tells the tale of a different world, is located somewhere beyond the edge of the cosmos. The tale of your life as it is is told in one book, and the story of the life you could have had if you had made a different decision at any moment in the past is told in another. What if you had the chance to visit the library and discover for yourself how your life may have been? We all wonder how our lives might have been. Which of these alternate lifestyles would be genuinely better?

Nora Seed is compelled to select this choice. She must look within herself as she moves through the Midnight Library to determine what is truly fulfilling in life and what makes it worthwhile to live in the first place. She may be faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, pursuing a different career, going back to old breakups, or realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist.

This book reminded me of a Hallmark movie, and we all know that Hallmark movies fall into two categories: those that are cringy nd those that are truly beautifully written and make you wonder why you are the way you are. Guess which category this book belongs to: the cringy ones! I appreciate the message, that's about all. As someone struggling with depression, this book is actually my thirteenth reason (/j).