Review: The Midnight Library
In times like these, a positive message is very welcome.
One day passing by the bookstore, I saw this book, and the cover and title caught my attention. I bought it and went back home anxious to read it.
As soon as I started I realized that it would be a totally predictable story, but that it could still be good reading.
Matt’s narrative is very fluid, fast, and captivating. Even if we know exactly where it will take us, we appreciate the way because it’s fun.
It’s with the skill of someone who knows very well how to involve a reader that he leads us to Nora Seed’s story.
The character was in a deep depression and didn’t see any meaning in life anymore, regretting many pains and regrets. Nora had a monotonous life where she felt that it no longer made any difference to be there or not. So she decides to commit suicide, but it’s not exactly the death she finds.
Nora finds herself in a magic bookstore, being guided by a nice lady and surrounded by books that show what her life would be like if something had been different. There in this limbo between life and death, she can see all her mistakes and have the chance to undo them. So, faced with these possibilities, Nora has to make a big decision.
In this short summary, we notice a certain tone of self-help mixed with a fantastic world, and that is what this book is. The message is explicit, and it is not necessary to advance many chapters to know the answers, however, we remain there, grabbed page by page.
However, I will take the author’s purpose, which was to write a book that would bring a message of hope. He wants to show us that each one of us is special, that being alive is a gift, and our mistakes and imperfections are exactly what makes us these unique humans beings. Every minute is a possibility, and it’s up to us to choose the road to take in our lives.
I know, you have heard it all before. But sometimes it is good to remember that. It’s good to read something that brings hope, even in such a cliché way. In times like these, a positive message is very welcome.
I believe this book chose me that day at the bookstore, I needed to “hear” some of it to be honest.
So, The Midnight Library is not the supreme of literature and it won’t surprise you either, but it will at least leave you with the warmest heart. So, why not read it, right?
A fiction book that seems self-help with a fantastic touch. Necessary reading for today.
