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This was a good first book of the year, recommended by author Clare Pooley in an email to our book club.
Protagonist Nora Seed doesn’t want to live anymore, so she takes an overdose of her antidepressants and hangs between life and death. While in this state, she encounters the Midnight Library—a place where Nora can jump into her alternate lives, and if she finds one to her liking, she can stay there.
The premise is interesting, and Nora’s experiences in her lives are captivating and illuminatin ...more
Protagonist Nora Seed doesn’t want to live anymore, so she takes an overdose of her antidepressants and hangs between life and death. While in this state, she encounters the Midnight Library—a place where Nora can jump into her alternate lives, and if she finds one to her liking, she can stay there.
The premise is interesting, and Nora’s experiences in her lives are captivating and illuminatin ...more
This book is brilliantly written. It offers a provocative survey in philosophy and inspiration. You won’t be the same after finishing it.
"The only way to learn is to live."
Everything seems to be going wrong in Nora's life: she left her boyfriend, her best friend has become both physically and emotionally distant, her job is in jeopardy, her parents are dead, she is estranged from her brother, and now her cat's been run over. Nora has a million regrets: what if she'd moved to Australia, or kept up with swimming, or stayed with the band? Surely her life would be better, right? When she arrives at the Midnight Library, her school li ...more
Everything seems to be going wrong in Nora's life: she left her boyfriend, her best friend has become both physically and emotionally distant, her job is in jeopardy, her parents are dead, she is estranged from her brother, and now her cat's been run over. Nora has a million regrets: what if she'd moved to Australia, or kept up with swimming, or stayed with the band? Surely her life would be better, right? When she arrives at the Midnight Library, her school li ...more
"There is no way of living that can immunize you from saddness."
This book was an experience in self reflection, an empowering hope for self acceptance, and the power of new possibilities. I loved the journey of thoughts it provoked including these I wrote down:
~Does just being aware that everything that can happen to you may have already happened in another reality obsolve you from the weight of your regrets?
~Doing just one thing differently is often the same as doing everything differently. ...more
This book was an experience in self reflection, an empowering hope for self acceptance, and the power of new possibilities. I loved the journey of thoughts it provoked including these I wrote down:
~Does just being aware that everything that can happen to you may have already happened in another reality obsolve you from the weight of your regrets?
~Doing just one thing differently is often the same as doing everything differently. ...more
I read this at the beginning of the year, but I guess never marked it down here. The concept here is good--a chance to dip into lives almost lived. What if I'd married that high school sweetheart? What if I was famous? What if I were a scientist? An accountant? An eclipse photographer? Here in the midnight library, you can slip into the alternate worlds and see what it feels like to be there.
I enjoyed the mechanics of how this worked and it was easy enough to go along for the ride.
Fundamentally, ...more
I enjoyed the mechanics of how this worked and it was easy enough to go along for the ride.
Fundamentally, ...more
Lots of hype around this book so I wanted to read it. It was a fast and entertaining read and had you thinking about what your regrets in life are or could be in the future… I did think the writing was a bit juvenile at times, but the premise was unique and thought provoking and it was a quick read.
3.5
An easy, enjoyable read, despite its heavy subject matter and - at times - somewhat heavy-handed philosophizing. I liked the construct of the library but found the implementation - particularly the ending - quite predictable.
2021 Popsugar challenge - a book about do-overs or fresh starts
2021 Popsugar challenge - a book about do-overs or fresh starts
An engaging look at the power of regrets to weigh us down in life. Very enjoyable. The beginning is a little hard because Nora is just so stuck in quicksand, it's painful to experience. But she grows on you and her journey is believable.
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Such a unique philosophical perspective, could possibly be a trigger for some readers.
Nov 11, 2020
Mickey
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Val
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Joanna Hennon
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Kendra
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