Reviews with content warning for Animal death - The Midnight Library

I appreciated being inspired to think at length about the ideas put forward by the book more than I was necessarily bowled over by the book itself, but I think for a book like this at a moment in time like the cultural moment that we were all experiencing, that is exactly what it feels like the author set out to do. That's all it's asking of you.

I liked that the vignettes were short and sweet, bite sized experiences like dipping your head into one of the pools in the in-between place from The Magician's Nephew. It made the experience of reading it much more deliberately pace-able and I was able to take it around with me, reading while traveling, ruminating on the discoveries the character makes in each new life she visits and reflecting on my own life. There really was a lot of value in the conclusions I drew from those reflections and the conversations I had with loved ones that grew out of those lines of inquiry.

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was beautiful.

A Christmas Carol type storyline that follows a woman on the verge of death being given a chance to see what life could have been if things went a little differently. How no matter how bleak and dark your life may seem little everyday changes can be made to create an entirely new adventure.

The story’s premise was the character learning to understand that you don’t need to understand life to live it, and that there is always going to be bad things mixed in with the good around you.

Our main character was so well written you can see the slow progression throughout each alternate lifetime and how each one impacted her.

I think this book is something everyone can relate to, as who hasn’t thought of the “what ifs” in life, all the “shoulda, coulda, woulda’s” and how different your life would be like if you did one thing different at the right moment. How much potential we have and how following it will shape our lives.

I would 100% recommend.

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