Aos 35 anos, Nora Seed é uma mulher cheia de talentos e poucas conquistas. Arrependida das escolhas que fez no passado, ela vive se perguntando o que poderia ter acontecido caso tivesse vivido de maneira diferente. Após ser demitida e seu gato ser atropelado, Nora vê pouco sentido em sua existência e decide colocar um ponto final em tudo. Porém, quando se vê na Biblioteca da Meia-Noite, Nora ganha uma oportunidade única de viver todas as vidas que poderia ter vivido.

"Between life and death there is a library," she said. "And within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices...Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?"

So thought provoking. Loved it. ( )

Novela que nos hace meditar sobre la importancia de dar a la vida que tenemos su justo valor, nos hace reflexionar y nos ayuda a seguir nuestros sueños, a no ponernos limites y a avanzar por nuevos caminos.Vañorar la vida y a aquellas personas que tenemos a nuestro lado.

Fantasy is not a genre I read, but the premise of this book appealed to me enough to try it; I often wonder what my life would be like if I'd chosen to do this for a living instead of that, moved there instead of here, managed to find someone who loved me. i was wrapped up in this story from the beginning, and, for me, it became more intriguing and surprising and thought-provoking as it went along. I liked that Nora's selections for possible lives went from the obvious to the sort-of farfetched. I started to get disappointed as the "It's a Wonderful Life" conclusion began, but then I figured, what's wrong with reviewing the effect your core life has on other people, especially if you're not a mean person. I also started thinking about reversing the perspective - what would my life have been like if it hadn't been affected by that person, or that person, or that person.
Maybe this story struck a chord with me just because I think my life could have been better if I'd only been more brave, or more certain of what I wanted, or less paralyzed by the fear of making the wrong choice, or ....
But if you're not that kind of person, if you enjoy a confident life, maybe this story won't resonate with you.
A couple of favorite passages:
- Do you ever think "how did I end up here?" Like you are in a maze and totally lost and it's all your fault because you were the one who made every turn? (You can hear the people who made it out of the maze, and they) seem so happy to have made it and you don't resent them, but you do resent yourself for not having their ability to work it all out.
- You can choose choices but not outcomes. ... It was a good choice. It just wasn't a desired outcome.
- Caught in the middle. Struggling, flailing, just trying to survive while not knowing which way to go. Which path to commit to without regret. ( )