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The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

Start date: April 1, 2021

Finish date: April 30, 2021

Discussion: 2021 Monthly Group Reads

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May 02, 2021 Kim rated it liked it · review of another edition

This was fine. Nothing good, nothing bad. A quick read--short chapters will do that. But at the end, I was like "Wait, I've seen this movie. It's called 'It's a Wonderful Life.'" ...more

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Oct 10, 2020 Lisa rated it it was amazing

Every Enneagram 4 person should read this!

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Aug 07, 2021 Melanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: sweet, magical-realism

Loved this. So sweet and hopeful and uplifting but not cloying, and the library part was so cool. This is a book that made me sit back and really appreciate my life. It just felt GOOD to read, you know?

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Apr 17, 2021 Stacy rated it really liked it

A lovely story about the regrets we have and the choices we make and the lives we live.
Nora, lives a sad life that she thinks is empty of love. One night she takes too many pills and finds herself in between life and death in the Midnight Library. There, she finds thousands of books or lives she can choose from. What happens in the life where she marries Dan? Goes out for coffee? Becomes a scientist? A rock star? An Olympian? We follow Nora on all these paths as she tries each life on for size. ...more

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Oct 16, 2021 Kate rated it really liked it

Sad, beautiful, resilient. I loved it!

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Sep 19, 2021 Caitlin Smith rated it it was amazing

I guess I was sort of a sucker for the message in this book because I rated it 5 stars. I would love to see a movie or miniseries adaptation of this book. The concept of trying out different lives and being able to address past regrets has always fascinated me. Often, doing things differently or doing what we think we should have done wouldn’t have resulted in a better outcome. This book sort of reminds me of the Canadian show Being Erica because the main character was able to go back in time an ...more

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