At the time Eva is in a relationship with David Katz an ambitious actor besotted with her, but this serendipitous meeting has the power to turn all that on its head, depending on the answer to one simple question. He is walking one way she riding a bike in the other. In Cambridge in 1958 Eva and Jim meet on a quiet country road. She soon finds herself in the Midnight Library faced with the opportunity of exploring these alternate lives had she done things a bit differently the first time round.Īs readers we are swept up in these parallel lives with Nora to curious, comedic and emotional effect begging the eternal question, is one lifetime enough to be truly fulfilled?īooks like The Midnight Library are absorbing and comfortable to read like a bedtime story their original plots draw us in leaving behind plenty to think about afterwards.Ĩ Books like The Midnight Library The Versions of Us, by Laura BartlettĪs with a lot of books like The Midnight Library, the question of “what if…?” is raised and this is the case with our first novel Laura Bartlett’s brilliant debut, The Versions of Us wherein three corresponding narratives, Bartlett depicts three corresponding outcomes to one chance meeting.
Nora Seed lived a life unfulfilled, estranged from her family with few friends, talented but with few accomplishments. The books in this library however are infinite and detail all the lives you could have had, had you made different decisions. Matt Haig’s 2020 novel expertly explores the nature of life, existence and second chances with his Midnight Library an analogy for some sort of purgatory. Part fantastical, part existential, part mystery, part true to life – there is something for everyone in books like The Midnight Library!
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