The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (2020) (Large Type)

 

Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2020)

I thought his book was extraordinary.

The story starts out with Nora making a decision that will change her life forever. Yet what she thinks will be the end to her story is only a detour on the real journey. Nora wakes up in a library full of books. Like a regular library, each book provides an escape for the reader. In each volume Nora experience a version of her life that coulda, shoulda, woulda been. It gives her a chance to live out regrets and dreams that have hindered her life. Or so she thinks. In reality, Nora is learning what regret really means.  She discovers the consequences of the choices she made in her life and must decide whether to continue on with her real life or choose one of the other options.

I typically read suspense and thrillers and this one was neither. Yet I would highly recommend this book to any reader. Especially now in a time when people are contemplating their lives and the choices they’ve made. Were they the right ones?

This really is a must read for any reader. It was a quick read but quite meaningful.

4.19 stars on Goodreads, 4.4 on Amazon