If you like books that deal with the afterlife and about regret, this is a good book for you. ‘A load of bullshit.'” The Midnight Library, The Only Way to Learn is to Live Sometimes regrets are just…’ She searched for the appropriate term and found it. “‘So, you see? Sometimes regrets aren’t based on fact at all. The best part – I didn’t cry! Not a sad story, but a hopeful story. The short chapters really helped, so I didn’t feel like I was reading a sad story. I wasn’t really in the mood to sob my life away and think about my own existence, but I stuck with it. The last thing I wanted to do was start my year off reading a book about suicide. The first line of the book is “Nineteen years before she decided to die, Nora Seed sat in the warmth of the small library at Hazeldene School in the town of Bedford.” Now, the sentence, for me, was incredibly off putting.
Since Amber mentioned it, I thought it was going to be a fantasy. I have a tendency to pick up books that have library, book shop, or something along those lines without question. To be honest, I actually didn’t know what the book was about. The poor book sat there for months and months until I saw that is was the Goodreads Choice 2020 Winner for Fiction and decided, finally, to pick it up. She brought it up one time when we were talking, so I decided to add it to my Kindle. My thanks to the author, Matt Haig, publisher Penguin Random House and NetGalley for the opportunity to consider and review this Book Club Kit.The Midnight Library first came to my attention because of Amber. I'd happily recommend this Kit for use by any Book Group looking to guide their discussion of the book, or for any individual reader who wishes to reflect more deeply on their experience of reading The Midnight Library.
use fantasy as a way of exploring ideas and experiences." I was particularly taken with Haig's thoughts on integrating his skills in writing non-fiction into writing a fictional novel: "ometimes fiction allows you to. Similarly, I found the interview with the author interesting and relevant. I felt that the questions were well-conceived and would stimulate lively discussion in a book group context, or alternatively prompt thoughtful reflection by an individual reader accessing this kit.
The transcript of a brief interview with author Matt Haig, in which he discusses his influences and inspiration for writing the novel, how his personal experience of anxiety and depression informed his writing and the differences in writing fiction vs. A series of 8 comprehensive questions, encouraging discussion and prompting readers to find connections between the book and their own experience.Ģ. I read The Midnight Library in 2020 and in preparation for reviewing this Book Club Kit, re-read parts of it to refresh my memory.
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