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Biblioteca de la miezul nopții de Matt Haig

How many regrets do you have? What would you have done differently if given the chance? Would you change your life if you could? These are just some of the questions that the Midnight Library raises. 

The beginning of the novel isn’t one of the most optimistic, after all, Nora wants to commit suicide. The first fifty pages are rather hard to read, but once you get past those and get into the library, it’s a wonderful book. 

I loved the premise of the novel, especially the way Nora got to try out multiple lives where she had made different choices. I loved how she actually didn’t know what the world she would be jumping into was like. This made for some odd situations, but ultimately worth it just to see how others reacted to her sudden confusion regarding the world around her. 

Nora is a complex character who feels hopeless and feels she has no reason to live. The whole library was just to show her that life is fantastic, whether it is bad or good. I loved her evolution throughout the book, she inched closer and closer to a healthier perspective of her life. 

Her realisations that all the things she regretted the most (giving up swimming, not marrying Dan, not moving to Australia with Izzy, quitting the band) weren’t really her dreams, but rather the dreams of others that she decided to adopt. She saw just how much she lacked the love of her family in her childhood and how she wished for a life filled with love and people who care about her.

I loved the interactions between Nora and Hugo, another man trapped in the same circumstances as her. They were rather thought-provoking and fascinating. I also ended up thinking about the probability of them seeing each other in different universes multiple times, which mathematically is rather low. 

I loved how Nora decided to live in her original life and fix her life there instead of taking over an alternate version. It was inspirational as well as courageous. I loved her somewhat awkward speeches and monologues during the novel which further documented her progress. 

The writing itself is addictive and easy to read. I loved how you could get lost in the book effortlessly. The descriptions were fun and at times hilarious, the dialogue was note-worthy and amusing. I loved the way the author portrayed the characters and the different worlds. 

The first fifty pages reminded me of the book “Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine”, the main characters both have precarious mental health states. I felt as if it were going to be much the same, but I was wrong. If you’d like a more optimistic book than Eleanor Oliphant, I would recommend this novel.

To conclude, I think this is a wonderful book and I will be reading more books by this author. I hope you give this book a chance, you may even find your perspective on life and its challenges changed for the better.

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