"Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices...Would you have done anything differently, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?"- @mattzhaig, The Midnight Library

This truly is an enchanting read! It is a story that makes you wonder how different life could have been had we taken a different route in life. At the same time, it also answers a very important question, i.e. would it be worth going back in time and working upon our present regrets?

Nora Seed, a young woman who has lost her job and her beloved cat, feels a deep void in her life. Her only living relative is her older brother. But she is estranged from him and has grown distant from her only best friend.

Having numerous regrets in life, she decides to end it for once and all. But even after having an overdose of antidepressants she still isn't dead. She wakes up in an immense library and finds her school librarian, Mrs. Elm there. Mrs. Elm tells her that "every life contains many millions of decisions. Some big, some small. But every time one decision is taken over another, the outcomes differ. These books are portals to all the lives you could be living."

Through those books, she was able to find out how different her life could have been had she taken the other route or made a different choice.

However, the librarian warns her about a dangerous book, "The Book of Regrets", which adds so much more depth and meaning to this story.

The concept is super imaginative and interesting! It is a life-affirming and reassuring story that isn't too deep or heavy but is surely thought-provoking. It can actually be best described using one of its own quotes, "Sometimes the only way to learn is to live."

TW: suicide depression