MIDNIGHT LIBRARY,THE(B)

This book is more than fiction. The story is great, but it is also a (easy) philosophical reading. You will ask yourself deep questions while enjoying the journey... of a life?

英語の学習のために読みました。英検準1級レベルで、語彙はそこまで難しくなく、わりとすらすら読めました。 （以下ネタバレ） ミドルエイジクライシスではないですが、「もし、あのときに、こっちの人生を選んでいたら」と思うことがあります。 でも、仮にそっちを選んでいても、同じがそれ以上に悩むことがある。当然思い（理想）通りにはならない。 結局、今の人生は必然的にそうなった、またはその時のベストの判断で選んだものだから、今の人生を大切に生きていこうと思わせてくれます。 同じパターンの繰り返しでまどろっこしく思うときもあった分−1しましたが、概ね満足です。 ノラは水泳もバンドも勉強（哲学）ともともと才能ありすぎで、選択肢にあふれた人生で、よく考えるとぜいたくな悩みですね。一般人の「もしも」と少しかけ離れてる気もします。

Nice book I love to read this❤️

While its title didn’t sound intriguing to me, the very high rating of the book at Amazon was so impressive that I decided to go with. A woman, sick and tired of her mediocre life, became desperate for death. Then she somehow landed on the place called “Midnight Library”, where she, still in between being alive and dead, was given chances to explore her alternative lives. She came to a final conclusion as to the last thing she wanted to do. The beauty of this story, from my perspective, is that the many plots are all well-led to the last key chapters. My initial reaction was, “aren’t these too many to remember, particularly for Audiobookers like me?” After listening, these all made sense; they were imperative to render the story rich and her final decision convincing. No question about the high rating. Must read, with five stars!

Good book for the price range but it is clearly a cheaper reprint of the amazing book. But I would still buy it again because the plot is seriously that good.

最高。読んで良かったので、この作者の別の本も買っています。 自分の人生に満足できない時、過去を反省している時、過去に引きづられている時などに読むといいかも。

自殺を試みた女性が深夜の図書館で目を覚ます。その図書館は人生における分岐点に戻って別の人生をやり直せる場所だった。 過去に戻ってやり直す系の話はよくあるのだけど、過去を修正した人生における現在に行く、という設定は新しいと思った。売れているだけあって話の構想や得られる教訓は秀逸だと感じた。

Though there are a lot of printing problems in the book including stains, marks, creases, and misspellings which I believe this book is supposed to be new, the story itself is quite beautiful and worth to read.

Livro extraordinário e de uma imaginação incrível! Um excelente presente para de Natal ou de aniversário para alguém inteligente Recomendo!

I find myself lately reading what I think are very good books. From the pleasant to the thought provoking to the fun to the serious and enlightening to the masterful to the beautiful to the despairing and tragic. This I tell you is a read that yet again I cannot properly articulate into language on the fundamental essence of its themes and context. To put simply, it is quite something that I totally did not expect in many ways, although I expected in some. But as I read and discovered, it is truly remarkable. So here is what I will write with my utmost ability in describing something so accessibly written and simply said, yet so profound and significant. What comes to mind when I recall back as I turned from page to page is a question - “What Does It Mean To Be Human?”. It is apparent to me that I am yet again, reminded that what seems to be the things we want aren’t necessarily so and the things we truly need or want have been many a times right in front of us I suppose. When I look up at the stars at night, I am acutely aware how insignificant and meaningless we all are individually. How abysmal most of our efforts are in trying to live up to Human made concepts of what is considered to be an appropriate life and how one should behave. What I have learned from this is that there is no appropriate way, there is of course being a decent human being and how we can treat each other better. But there is NO absolute way of living. There is just living and figuring it out as we go along. The Midnight Library would definitely be one of my cherished books for this time around, as it solicits perspectives, drives hard the extremes of what is possible, and forces one to contemplate infinity and the singularity of all things. For some reason, I feel hope because I feel I have a better understanding of what being present in your current situation entails. This perhaps is cliche and cringy to say, but it’s the truth. I believe we all know this, but we tend to need reminders every now and then. After all, our perfection as individuals and on the whole; Humanity, is that our perfection lies within the imperfections, the Chaos of Life. I conclude my personal review with this; with another idea or perhaps a stipulation: everyone has their own direction of life and their own codes of philosophy to live by, yet the as we slowly step towards the vast and endless unknown, it is the potential of the indeterminate future that allows us to discover new things, try different things, and grow and break and grow and break again. I believe that is what we call progress. If you cannot tell from my bias, this book is definitely worth the time to read and consider and contemplate. I am in a situation right now where I am hesitant on certain moves and of future prospects, but this has provided some much needed clarity. Not bad Haig. You indeed did your job.

Eu simplesmente amei o livro!!! O inglês é bem fácil de ser compreendido e a história é bem fluída. Eu gostei da personagem principal e também em vários momentos me vi no lugar dela. Chorei em algumas partes porquê o autor consegue transmitir os medos dela de maneira que chega a doer, o que tornou a experiência de leitura muito única. Foi meu primeiro livro deste autor e espero ler outros.

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Great book. Bought the hardcover edition. The dust jacket is plastic-like but not glossy. The paper is good.