Her cat dies in a car accident and it triggers a depressive spiral and she goes on to swallow pills and attempts suicide.Īnyone who has gone through a depressive episode would be able to relate so well to this part of the book. The minute it all comes crashing down is when she gets fired from her job. She sees herself as a huge disappointment to her parents and her brother. She has a brother who has distanced himself from her because she did not pursue being a member of their band and left it high and dry just before their big break. She now lives in a small apartment, working a deadbeat job in a record store selling and recommending records, with only her cat as her companion. It shows the life of Nora Seed, a woman with multiple talents, but who never had the courage to pursue any specific one. The first two chapters of the book are the ones that absolutely gutted me. If you are given a chance to live a million versions of yourself, which version would you choose? Life is nothing but a summation of all the choices we make to ensure we live to see another day and live another day. It is actually quite a nice read and talks about how there is always a choice. The book is about this space between Life and Death where people are given a chance to live out all the versions of their lives that they wished to live or regretted not choosing. That should say a lot about how my mental health was affected during the pandemic. I immediately wanted to get hold of the book after seeing it appear on BookTube a lot of times and like icing on the cake, this book was suggested by BTS. It became a rage during the pandemic where people were feeling quite lost and depressed in general and that itself means this book has accomplished its purpose. This book was ranked as one of the highest-rated books in 2020 and received positive reviews all over BookTube. It talks about how to find light in the darkness and be hopeful. “The Midnight Library” is a fantasy fiction written by Matt Haig which is a healing book for people who are going through depressive episodes in life.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: What is the best way to live? But things aren’t always what she imagined they’d be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. The books in the midnight library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently.

She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. When Nora seed finds herself in the midnight library, she has a chance to make things right.

Between life and death, there is a library.

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