A Dreamy Ride to a Magical World: A Review of Haig's The Midnight Library

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A book containing a list of all your regrets, a chance to undo them all, a chance to live infinite other lives that you could have lived, or are living across multiverses, and a magical library, located between life and death, where time freezes at midnight. If this isn’t what you want in a fantasy novel, I don’t know what you do. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is the winner of Goodreads Choice Awards 2020 in the fiction category. So, I decided to read it even though I am not much of a fiction reader. The protagonist Nora Seed is fed up of her life, she has lost all hope in herself and believes that her depressing life, her messed up relationships all are beyond repair. She decides to end her life. Between life and death, she finds herself in a magical library where every book is the gateway to a life Nora could have lived. Every decision that a person takes brings forth a mountain for more such irreversible decisions. Nora has a chance to undo every decision she regrets not taking in the right time, with the right person, with the right intention. The librarian Mrs. Elm is there to help her through the process. But will it be easy? Will an opportunity this huge and divine be enough to bring Nora the happiness she longs for?


The book transports you to this magical wonderland that you never want to get out of. More for yourself than for Nora. You start to envision yourself in the place of the protagonist and wonder what would you decide to undo, if given the chance. Would you be able the choose “the perfect life”? Is there “a perfect life” for you? The book talks in depth about battling mental health issues, the relationship between existence and the quantum wave function and the presence of a single person’s life across multiverses. The essence of teach topic is beautifully captured with amazing writing style that enables you to comprehend the thing talked about, while not oversimplifying or overcomplicating things. The book speaks a lot in chess-to-life metaphors, which was enough to win over my heart. The book is what you call food for the soul. I am sure you will be tempted to rethink the way you make decisions in your life, the way you strive for happiness and the existence of life itself after reading the book.

The book felt like a joyous ride in an amusement park! I would highly recommend it to people who are feeling low in their lives, experiencing hopelessness as well as people who are in absolutely great mental health. It’s an enchanting read for anyone!

Lastly, here is an excerpt out of the millions from the book that has beautifully stuck to my mind:

The sky grows dark/The black over blue/Yet the stars still dare/To shine for you


My Rating – 4/5


Happy Reading!😇


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