Chatting Books Online Year 2 , Day 41. Today's recommended book is The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.
I can't remember ever before reading contemporary fiction that contains a better layman's explanation of Schrodinger's Cat than I found in this book as it attempted to explain quantum physics , or really much contemporary fiction that attempts to explain quantum physics at all for that matter. (Perhaps we have The Big Bang theory to thank for bringing physics discussions into pop culture ). But in this book I found both wrapped up in a novel I could not put down. I mean, read over 100 pages a day when you know you should be doing other things kind of not put down.
At the basis of this book is the story of Nora Seed, a woman with a lot of promise in life but not much success at the moment who in her despair decides to end her own life . Sounds depressing I know, but we quickly discover that instead of immediately dying she finds herself in an in-between place (enter the need to understand parallel universes) where she is able to un-do regrets and try on other lives. Imagine if every possible permutation of decisions in your life were written into an endless number of books of your "life" and contained in a library for you to discover.
The author , Matt Haig, does a fantastic job of writing a character of such depth that we can really understand her in times of both despair and joy as she tries to figure it all out .
This book was recently a Good Morning America Book Club pick and I can see why, I really enjoyed it.
This book is currently available in hardcover. It is 288 pages and sells for $26 a copy.
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