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The Midnight Library
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Start date
November 17, 2022
Finish date
December 15, 2022
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Kyra
Apr 02, 2021 rated it really liked it
This was a really easy listen about considering your unled lives. I enjoyed following Nora as she explored all of these different options for her life. It got a bit slow in the middle, and then a little too existential/preachy at the end, but overall I agreed with the lesson of it. I was a bit over how concerned Nora was with the status of everyone in her life during each of the books (view spoiler) ...more
Karna Converse
Mar 13, 2021 rated it liked it
-- Time-traveling between the lives that could have been "if only I'd made a different decision" --

Nora Seed is contemplating whether she wants to live. Her life hasn't been what she'd hoped, or planned, or expected and she feels lost and dejected. The 35-year-old finds herself in the Midnight Library, an in-between place between life and death. She's met by her former school librarian who sends her on parallel-universe adventures to explore the lives that she could be living. Each travel life
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Kyrstin
May 02, 2023 rated it really liked it
I wanted to like this more than I did. I wanted so badly for this to be a 5-star read. I loved Nora and I rooted for her. But the ending sort of felt both too easy and too hard. I did tear up a bit at the end. Either way, I think this story comes with me.
CL
Aug 24, 2021 rated it liked it
Shelves: audiobook, fiction
the real multiverse was the friends we made along the way
Mallory Zielinski
Jan 18, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Morgan
Jul 21, 2021 rated it really liked it
Channon
Feb 02, 2021 added it
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Samantha
Aug 07, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Kevin Patrick
Feb 11, 2021 marked it as to-read
Erin
May 18, 2021 rated it really liked it
Jody Olson
Mar 08, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shannon Main
May 12, 2021 rated it really liked it
Lisa
Jan 22, 2024 rated it it was ok
Lisa
May 18, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sara
Dec 01, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Katie Bowman
Jan 01, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Ben Arzate
Jun 17, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kara
Sep 21, 2021 rated it it was ok
Deb
Feb 28, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Judy Diedrichs
Oct 29, 2021 rated it really liked it
Amy
Oct 28, 2021 rated it really liked it
Jessica
Nov 08, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kim Blythe
Dec 31, 2021 rated it really liked it
Bethany
Dec 30, 2021 marked it as to-read
Tori
Jan 10, 2022 marked it as did-not-finish