The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig

[Joséphine]

Initial thoughts: For the most part, I really enjoyed The Midnight Library. It satisfies that curiosity many of us carry around, "What if?" We wonder how life would've turned out if we had done something differently. When these are tied up with regrets, a lot of complicated feelings emerge. The concept of the book did really well in addressing that and weaving many stories into one.

Towards the end though, I felt that The Midnight Library took on the form of Mitch Albom's brand of story telling. It's not a bad thing, really, but not entirely my cup of tea anymore either. I was hoping for a fair bit more complexity in Nora's development and was a little disappointed at how linear the overarching narrative was. It almost felt like the focus was much more on the moral of the story more than the plot. Then again, perhaps that was the entire point and I just missed it.