The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick - Matt Haig

The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick

By Matt Haig

  • Release Date: 2020-09-29
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
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Description

The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year

"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post

The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book.

Don’t miss Matt Haig’s latest instant New York Times besteller, The Life Impossible, available now

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

Reviews

  • Regrets

    2
    By starshine316
    No sooner after I bought the book and read the first chapter I regretted buying it. It’s a good storyline kinda reminds me of the Christmas Carol. It’s very much like the Christmas Carol. I thought I would like it. I had high hopes to like the book because of the content and looking at life if you chose a different life, which is kind of what I’m going through now. But the story didn’t interest me. I pretty much rushed to read the book since I paid for it and I wasn’t gonna waste money and not read it. Maybe others will like it or liked it, but it wasn’t for me.

  • Beautiful

    4
    By Jinnae W
    The midnight library either is loved or hated. i think the storyline is so beautiful and has so many layers too it. some parts of the book are boring but it allows you to really understand the MC.

  • Inspiring

    5
    By NikkaK.
    This book is a perspective changer. If you have ever dwelled on what could have been or deeply regretted something and these thoughts eat at you… I highly encourage you to take a leap of faith and read this book. Although fiction, it makes you take a look at your life in a different light. Brilliant. Inspiring.

  • An easy & enduring read

    5
    By JBird31
    Stumbled upon Midnight Library and ended up loving it. I tend to be someone that wonders about all of the lives I could live, and loved the sense of belonging in the present this book showed. Would definitely recommend.

  • Entertaining

    4
    By rdzmarco
    This was my first apple book; in summary entertaining!!!

  • Amazing

    5
    By katecidlo
    I honestly don’t read fiction much - this book was so good I read it in 24 hours, I did not want to put it down. Do yourself a favor and read it :)

  • Midnight library

    5
    By nellies nockout
    I was riveted by the concept of the library and the truths that we all have these thoughts of other lives. I am ready to read it again!!

  • No Regrets

    5
    By Sparkkler
    The Midnight Library is one of my favorite reads. I love the imagery and variety Matt Haig brings to each of Nora’s lives. His ability to inspire imagination and reflection is superb. I highly recommend this unique, well written book.

  • Excellent read

    4
    By dominolouis
    Don’t overthink it or waste time researching it (as I did). Just read it and enjoy.

  • Thought provoking

    5
    By ourherd
    Such an unexpected and deeply thoughtful book. I enjoyed the characters immensely. I had a bit of a hard time getting through the very beginning but then couldn’t put it down. A must read!

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