Look, I think the concept was very interesting and it made a lot of good points about coming to be at peace with making choice in your life. The book explored existentialism, cynicism, purpose, connection, death and the will to live in a world filled with uncertainty. Do I think this book is an interesting study into the possibility of finding satisfaction out of your life and identifying the role of the perception of your reality in relation to it? Absolutely. Do I think it was executed as well as it could have been? No

Our leading lady Nora is struggling with things MOST people have at one point or other experienced whether it's the sudden loss of a pet or losing a job (not a spoiler). However, as we enter the world and rules of the Midnight Library, it becomes almost laughable at how on the nose the book gets. Don't get me wrong, sometimes people need to be explicitly told the message of the book (or in this case given literal quotes from philosophers) and even enjoy it. If that's you, awesome. I am not that person. Everything became predictable, generic and towards the end two-dimensional. 

The lives Nora lived were really affluent or extremeties of her 'root' life which serves a purpose but I think it would have been much more interesting to see mundane decisions change and Nora live a relatively ordinary life. It's clear that in the first and last lives she lives, she actually shows the most progress and development in my opinion (more so in her last because duh) and these were 'normal' not Olympic swimmers, rockstars, etc. I understand the book needs to actually be interesting so obviously I understand why the author exaggerated the lives but it was the 'boring' ones I liked the most.

Regardless, it's a heart-warming book and some lessons really did stick out to me. Sometimes you need to here you are in control of your perception, your actions and that you won't know if anything changes unless you stick it out and try.