THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY
by
Matt Haig
In The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig, we meet Nora Seed. Nora was going through a rough patch in her life. In fact, she hated her life and wanted to die. When she took steps toward that end, Nora ended up in the midnight library, a place "in between." The books in the midnight library are all the possible lives of Nora Seed, lives that might differ from Nora's "root life" because of decisions that she made. Nora is able to visit all these alternate lives; however, as the librarian explains, you cannot take out the same book twice.
One of my favorite things while studying philosophy was thinking about other possible worlds, and this book kept taking me right back there. The Midnight Library is a treasure. I thoroughly enjoyed this creative, refreshing reading experience.
