The Midnight Library

A Novel

Paperback, 304 pages

English language

Published July 9, 2020 by Penguin Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-525-55947-4
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OCLC Number:
1159773625

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3 stars (10 reviews)

"Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?" A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and How To Stop Time. 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. …

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2 stars

This would be a 3- in my personal rating system, where 3 is middle of the road and a 2 means "didn't like it." This is another of a gazillion cases in which Goodreads not allowing half stars (and thinking that a 2 could ever mean "it was OK") is problematic.

I was hesitant going in because of the early/heavy buzz and the content (depression and suicidal ideation). When my hold came up and I started logging it, I realized that I had already read (and not particularly liked: 2+/3-) another of Haig's books: How to Stop Time. That being said, this neither upset nor thrilled me as much as it did either for others. Frankly, I'm unlikely to continue reading Haig's work—it just doesn't do anything for me.

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