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The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

Start date: June 1, 2021

Finish date: June 30, 2021

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Dec 28, 2020 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

In short, this novel is about regrets. What regrets do you have? What decisions would you change if you could go back and do it all again?

If you don't read often, if you just don't have the time, or if you are just in a reading funk; please, please, trust me and read this damn book! So many thoughts and feels from this one! My new favorite of the year! And bonus, it's only 288 amazing pages!! ...more

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Apr 20, 2022 Susan rated it liked it

This book has gotten so much hype and while I thought it was good and I wanted to see how it ended I didn't think it was worth the hype. I want to read another book by Matt Haig just to see if his writing style is for me. Maybe it is and it was just this book or maybe it's not and his writing style just isn't for me.

I found the book interesting and I loved the idea of this book. I think it would be amazing to live in a parallel universe and you take out a book that's a different version of your ...more

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Oct 05, 2024 Mekerei rated it liked it · review of another edition

Whitcoull's Top 100 Books: The Midnight Library - No. 42

If you have lived your life and have regrets, this could be the book for you. I like the idea of a life that has many parallel live depending on choices made. The downside is that regrets do impact your life and can stop you moving forward.

I believe that you have to "go" with the decision you made at that point in your life; if it hasn't gone as you wanted, learn the lesson and go forward.

You shouldn't live life regretting decisions made in ...more

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Aug 30, 2021 Jen rated it liked it

I have a particular annoyance with books that were clearly written with the hope they would be picked up for a screenplay. This is one of those books. The quality of the writing is a little weak and focuses more on dialogue and situations where you might find that amusing or funny in a movie, but as a book it falls a little flat. So yeah, interesting concept, but I’ve seen it done better, with better and more engaging writing.

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