πŸ‘ΆπŸ‘ΆπŸ‘ΆπŸ‘Ά: The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

The Midnight Library

I generally don't love novels that deal with "what if" scenarios, because they seem to me to indicate lack of gratitude... The whole concept of "if only I had taken this other path, would my life have been better?" just annoys me a bit, tbh. But somehow, this author did it just right! I appreciated the fact that he pointed out that any path one takes may still not be "perfection", as is the hope. The running theme that every life has its ups and downs and each person takes a unique path struck a chord with me.

"𝑰𝒇 π’šπ’π’– π’‚π’Šπ’Ž 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 π’”π’π’Žπ’†π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕, π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” π’‡π’‚π’Šπ’. π‘¨π’Šπ’Ž 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 π’šπ’π’–. π‘¨π’Šπ’Ž 𝒕𝒐 π’π’π’π’Œ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† π’šπ’π’–. π‘¨π’Šπ’Ž 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’—π’†π’“π’”π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇 π’šπ’π’–. π‘¬π’Žπ’ƒπ’“π’‚π’„π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’šπ’π’–-𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 π’Šπ’•. 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’Šπ’•. π‘Ύπ’π’“π’Œ 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒕 π’Šπ’•. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’† 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 π’•π’‰π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’• π’˜π’‰π’†π’ 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 π’Žπ’π’„π’Œ π’Šπ’• 𝒐𝒓 π’“π’Šπ’…π’Šπ’„π’–π’π’† π’Šπ’•. 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 π’ˆπ’π’”π’”π’Šπ’‘ π’Šπ’” π’†π’π’—π’š π’Šπ’ π’…π’Šπ’”π’ˆπ’–π’Šπ’”π’†."

@mattzhaig uniquely transformed the age old question of "Why me?" into "Why not me?", and allows readers to understand that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

“𝑾𝒆 π’π’π’π’š π’Œπ’π’π’˜ π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’˜π’† π’‘π’†π’“π’„π’†π’Šπ’—π’†. π‘¬π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’† π’†π’™π’‘π’†π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’„π’† π’Šπ’” π’–π’π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’•π’†π’π’š 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’‘π’†π’“π’„π’†π’‘π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇 π’Šπ’•. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– π’π’π’π’Œ 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Žπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“π’”, π’Šπ’•’𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒔𝒆𝒆.”

To boot, Nora's adventure was so imaginative & took place in a library! And who doesn't love such a quotable novel?!

“𝑡𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’–π’π’…π’†π’“π’†π’”π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’•π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’Šπ’ˆ π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’π’“π’•π’‚π’π’„π’† 𝒐𝒇 π’”π’Žπ’‚π’π’ π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’”.”

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