![]() ![]() Now, nineteen years later, she seems to be full of existential dread. We soon learn that this is the day that her father died. ![]() They sit together and discuss Nora’s plans for her future, one in which she could decide to be a swimmer or a musician or even an Arctic glaciologist. The story begins with a snippet from Nora’s past, where she is in her school’s library playing chess with the librarian, Mrs. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life,” it reads. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. “I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. It opens with a quotation from Sylvia Plath that reflects a longing to live from a multitude of different perspectives and feel all of the emotions that life has to offer. Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, a 2020 New York Times Bestseller and Goodreads Choice Award Winner in the fiction category, tells the story of a woman named Nora Seed. Trigger warning: This review contains content regarding depression and suicide. ![]()
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