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Like Sylvia Plath and the fig tree, basically.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

March 22, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

My initial thoughts upon finishing this were mostly that it was a perfectly fine book but that it wouldn’t stick with me, and that has indeed turned out to be the case. It’s been a month since I’ve finished it, and it’s already almost fallen out of my head completely. But it was a short, entertaining read, so if that’s something you’re looking for, and you can stand some blatant emotional manipulation, this might be the book for you! What the blurb doesn’t tell you […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Depression, Fiction, Matt Haig, narfna, speculative, The Midnight Library, the multiverse

narfna's CBR16 Review No:20 · Genres: Speculative Fiction · Tags: Depression, Fiction, Matt Haig, narfna, speculative, The Midnight Library, the multiverse ·
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Strange Worlds

The Midnight Library by Matthew Haig

July 13, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR15Bingo: strange worlds. The premise of the book is the MC traveling to different lives she lived in different worlds as she exists in a state between life and death. I’m gonna be honest up front: it will be very hard to squeeze 250 words out of me regarding this book. If it wasn’t for the bingo, I’d just slap it on the leftovers. I’ve long considered the concept of living past lives, wondering if things would have been better. I […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr15bingo, Matthew Haig, multiverse, Speculative Fiction, strange worlds, The Midnight Library, Young Adult

Jake's CBR15 Review No:69 · Genres: Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr15bingo, Matthew Haig, multiverse, Speculative Fiction, strange worlds, The Midnight Library, Young Adult ·
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