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“The Midnight Library” is a wonderful heart-warming book—an assertion of the value and beauty of life.
The opening of the story is very dark. Nora Seed is caught in a depression deepened by a series of negative experience that chop away at her self-worth. And she decides to die. She overdoses at 00:00:00 and finds herself in The Midnight Library. There she meets Mrs Elm, apparently a kindly school librarian from Nora’s childhood.
From there we follow the fascinating journey of Nora as she attempts to find in the Library answers to her problems with choice, identity and personal worth and responsibility. The journey is bound up with Nora’s relationships with friends and family and her assumptions and aspirations which flow from these companions in her life.
Nora is a beautifully characterised central character and her development is deeply satisfying. I enjoyed this book immensely. There is also an excellent audio version narrated by Carey Mulligan that provides a fine immersive experience.
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