My Review:
As you can see, I'm still struggling with taking interesting pictures with my e-reader. I also apparently need to clean my e-reader screen juding from this picture😖. Yikes!
Anyways, I was very much looking forward to reading this book. It's been on my "Want to Read" list for months. I was very excited but a littl nervous. I've seen more mixed reviews of the book recently, so I was worried I wouldn't enjoy it. Thankfully, I gave it a chance and was really drawn into the story.
The book is about this idea that there is time between life and death where one can visit other lives they migh have lived. In the book, this time takes place in a library where our main character, Nora, gets a chance to look back at her life and try on lives where she made different decisions. After trying on these other lives, Nora must decide if there is a life out there worth living or if she is ready to be done and accept death. I do not want to give too much away about this story, so I'm keeping my summary very brief.
I loved this book as it got me thinking and reflecting on my own life and decisions. I am a big possibilities person and have difficulties making decisions at times because I keep thinking of all the what ifs and choices. While reading this book, I thought about my own life and times where things would be different if I had made a different choice. Sure, there were big choices like turning down and accepting jobs or deciding where to go to college, but I even thought of little decisions like what I did on a Saturday. For me it was a fun exercise. I abosolutely have regrets in my life like Nora, but I'm so thankful for the many blessings in my current life that I'm not sure I would want a different life (except for one where I have enough time and money to run my own bookshop).
The character of Nora was one that really developed and grew on me throughout the reading. I'll admit that at first I didn't really like her which caused me some troubles getting into the story. Just as I was getting worried that this book might be a bust, the story picked up, and Nora started changing. By the end, I was actively rooting for her and couldn't wait to see what choice she would make. It was also really enjoyable for me to read about her trying on all these different lives and see what she learned from each of them. The lives were all so different from each other, which again caused me to reflect on all the different ways my life could have gone.
If you are a dreamer, someone who likes to imagine all the possibilities, or a reader who loves when characters really grow and change, then I highly recommend this book. I know it won't be for everyone, but I'm so glad I had the chance to read it.
How Much Coffee Was Needed?
I read this book over the weekend, so I had more daylight hours to read. I did stay up later on Saturday to read it, so I need a little extra coffee the next morning. However, if I started this book during the week, I probably would have been up a late a few nights. So while I didn't need a lot of extra coffee for this one, it has the potential for being a book that requires more coffee than usual.
What's Next?
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
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