6/10
This book often appeared on the Twitter timeline, posted in a literary base. Without reading the reviews, I thought this book would contain fantasy adventures similar to the movie National Treasure or The Da Vinci Code. It turns out it's a philosophical novel like Sophie's World.
The story is about a woman named Nora who tries to commit suicide because she is dissatisfied with her life. After her attempt, Nora unexpectedly enters a mysterious library containing millions of books.
These books actually contain Nora's other lives. Humans encounter thousands of choices throughout their lives and always have to choose one to proceed. The books in that library contain Nora's alternative lives, showing what her life might be like if she made different choices in her original life.
Nora can enter any life she wants from the options of alternative lives. The books of life are her portals. Nora wanders through her lives, hoping for a better one.
The end of the novel is quite predictable. Nora wakes up in the hospital, realizing that she actually still wants to live and regrets attempting to end her life.
It's quite sad when finishing this book, imagining people in this world who still want to live but realize it too late. Meanwhile, the midnight library doesn't really exist.