In the face of death, life seemed more attractive, and as life seemed more attractive, how could she get back to the Midnight Library?

Between life and death sits The Midnight Library. An opportunity to evaluate your life, learn lessons for happiness and explore philosophy.

You don't go to death. Death comes to you.

The Midnight Library has one of the most jarring introductions to a character with a countdown to their death. You are immediately hit knowing that this is going to be a very different book.

...you can choose choices but not outcomes.

The subject matter is heavy but the story is written without it being an emotional drain. As the chapters progress and Nora reviews her regrets there are some incredible philosophical discussion points raised. I found myself highlighting plenty of passages in this book.

...undoing regrets was really a way of making wishes come true.

They may not be groundbreaking revelations but they are worth repeating and helping creating a positive feedback for yourself and others around you.

'It seems impossible to live without hurting people.'
'That's because it is'.

I was very curious in Nora's interaction with Hugo and how he has come across other Sliders. I realize this book wasn't going to go further in to any of that but I was definitely intrigued in the thought of some coasting through lives.

It was interesting, she mused to herself, how life sometimes simply gave you a new perspective.

I enjoy books that offer entertainment and an opportunity to self reflect, and The Midnight Library hit the mark on both accounts. I liked it but not sure it falls in the really liked realm. This book is likely a 3.5 for me but not sure I would re-read it so that's why it slides to 3 stars. Very good book and other reviewers have articulated my thoughts on this better than I could.