I am obviously the last person in the world to read this… and despite all the hype, it was a lovely read. Just what I needed at the moment. Nora is unhappy with her life and magically (or by a quirk of quantum physics…), gets an opportunity to try different life-paths.
I really enjoyed escaping into Nora’s worlds for a few days. The Midnight Library reminded me of the wood between the worlds in the Magician’s Nephew which was one of my favourite places in the Narnia books. And don’t we all see a bit of Nora in ourselves? No…? No, I guess not, but I did. Wondering how I got to this place in life, wondering if things could have been different, getting in knots obsessing about the paths not taken. Oh for a Midnight Library!
I kinda knew where we were going about quarter of the way in, and it did glide into self-help book territory, but I was so enjoying the journey that I didn’t mind. I really liked Nora, and no doubt that is key to loving the book.
