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A review by thewhimsicalowl
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
3.0
"Maybe even the most seemingly perfectly intense or worthwhile lives ultimately felt the same. Acres of disappointment and monotony and hurts and rivalries but with flashes of wonder and beauty. Maybe that was the only meaning that mattered. To be the world, witnessing itself" (137-138).
A quick read (dissertation? who's she?) and a sweet reminder of the beauty of living. Think It's a Wonderful Life (1946) vibes but modernized and involving a mysterious library situated between life and death, housing infinite books that operate as portals to the lives one could have lived. The prose didn't dazzle, but the sentiment won me over in the end. I feel lighter after reading this one.
TW: The book does discuss self-harm and suicidality, so that's definitely something to be aware of.
A quick read (dissertation? who's she?) and a sweet reminder of the beauty of living. Think It's a Wonderful Life (1946) vibes but modernized and involving a mysterious library situated between life and death, housing infinite books that operate as portals to the lives one could have lived. The prose didn't dazzle, but the sentiment won me over in the end. I feel lighter after reading this one.
TW: The book does discuss self-harm and suicidality, so that's definitely something to be aware of.