The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig

35-year-old Nora Seed has just committed suicide and expecting it to all go black, she is instead greeted by a library forever at 00:00:00. Midnight, with her old school librarian, Mrs. Elm, inside. She explains that the Midnight Library is a place between life and death where Nora can conquer her life’s regrets and explore the other directions her life could’ve taken. Through these lives, Nora overcomes her suicidal tendencies and finds a passion, a potential, for life and living.

The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig, is absolutely eye-opening and utterly refreshing as a reminder of how capable everything is. It forces you to believe that a career, something on your bucket list, whatever, is completely possible- and that’s crazy. The Midnight Library is just so very real and I’d recommend it to anyone age-appropriate and willing to hear me out. The realness is so overwhelming that I didn’t have time to wonder about what could possibly be wrong with the novel. It’s a favorite- go read it!

Reviewed by Sophia, Grade 9

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