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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
3.0

Nora Seed decides that she doesn’t want to live anymore when she tires of constantly facing the regrets of her life. After she attempts to end her life, she’s stuck in a sort of in-between: a never ending library that’s full of alternative choices for her life. With the guidance of Mrs. Elm, her high school librarian turned Midnight Librarian, Nora searches for the one life she could have lived in and found happiness. I can’t say that I loved this book because I found it quite predictable. I nearly gave up on it halfway through, but decided to keep going with the hopes that it might surprise me. It didn’t. BUT! It offers a wonderful perspective about the lives we currently live and how much hope we can all continue to carry, no matter how dark our lives might seem. And we all need that reminder right now.