Midnight Library

One for the shelves of my home. This was a lovely lovely warm read like a cup of cofee on a damp evening. So much joy and so much love pouring out. No book made me feel this way in a really long time. This book is going to stay with me for a very long time. Wonderfull read!!

Poignant.

Cool concept. The story was kind of predictable though, and there was no effort to reconcile the concept of Nora being dropped into these lives, with what happened to the "other Nora" she replaced. Felt like a self-help book in novel format. A bit disappointed.

Astonishingly beautiful, life-affirming, and fun book, with a protagonist more charming than she realizes. Once you get past the first few short chapters of her countdown to suicide, including discovering her cat died.

I got stuck on those for 2 months, returning the book to the library, then borrowing it again, twice. Maybe rang to close to home. But this week I made myself power through them, and after that I couldn't put the book down before finishing it. Other than to pet my cats, of course.

Those first chapters are well-written and immediately engaging. Just be aware of the suicide, dead cat, and depression issues as potential triggers and/or blockers.