This was super cool and unique! I highly recommend this! I think most will enjoy this and once you start you won’t want to stop!

I was expecting this to be longer and have more questions but overall they are great questions for a book club. This is a must if you’re going to read the midnight library and love to discuss with others.

thank you to netgallet for the book club kit of the midnight library. this was a wonderful book and the kit is full over discussion questions

This is an outstanding book and these questions are a wonderful resource to discuss the book in more depth. The Q&A with the author is a wonderful addition too.

I went through the questions and they were each deep, meant to make us think a lot and I can't wait to read the book and go through the questions again. It was also a delight to find out that there's a conversation with the author.

This was a great discussion tool for our book club! I though the questions promoted thoughtful discussion around mental health.

I personally didn't think this novel was that amazing. It was alright but didn't captivate me. I did like the concept a lot, I just don't think it was executed in the best ways possible. I did think the book club questions were well written and I liked that they were heavily introspective.

This a a short book club guide that features a brief interview with the author and a series of discussion questions designed to stimulate meaningful conversation. This is a great resource for teachers or book club leaders who are planning in person or online events.

This hit me ... HARD!

“It is easy to mourn the lives we aren't living. Easy to wish we'd developed other other talents, said yes to different offers. Easy to wish we'd worked harder, loved better, handled our finances more astutely, been more popular, stayed in the band, gone to Australia, said yes to the coffee or done more bloody yoga.
It takes no effort to miss the friends we didn't make and the work we didn't do the people we didn't do and the people we didn't marry and the children we didn't have. It is not difficult to see yourself through the lens of other people, and to wish you were all the different kaleidoscopic versions of you they wanted you to be. It is easy to regret, and keep regretting, ad infinitum, until our time runs out.
But it is not lives we regret not living that are the real problem. It is the regret itself. It's the regret that makes us shrivel and wither and feel like our own and other people's worst enemy.
We can't tell if any of those other versions would of been better or worse. Those lives are happening, it is true, but you are happening as well, and that is the happening we have to focus on.”

Well I didn't read the fine print, thought this was the book. Will have to read the actual book first. Womp womp

I really connected with this book. I often get lost in the what ifs of my life. As the main character works through the various what if scenarios she imagined all her life, she learns that no version of her life is perfect. In the process she learns about herself and combats her depression and suicidal tendencies.

Not sure if you are supposed to review these Book Club kits or not... The only thing I have to say about this is that the neon greenish yellow writing on the white background in this was painfully hard to read.

Great, thoughtful questions for a group discussion or book club. I always appreciate Q&As with authors and this one is great! The book is on my calendar for an upcoming book club, and I assume these will spark conversation.

The book club kit was incredibly helpful and the tips are just as helpful in creating my own. The information contained within it is useful

This Book club kit is so cool. It´s a great one for the book clubs, with all the discussion questions to help to
discuss about The Midnight Library and a conversation with the author, Matt Haig to get to know a little more about him and his work.
And can we talk about that book cover?!

I recommend

2.5/5
This is a very basic book club kit. It has questions and an interview with the author. Nothing special, I do like how they included a quote from the book but it's a book club thats one of the aspects we are looking at. Wish it had something else recipe, coloring page, activities, something!

I read the The Midnight Library by Matt Haig about a year ago and remember just loving it!! It was one of those rare books that leaves a lasting impression on you and fills you with hope!!

This companion to the book is a wonderful resource I just happened upon. And I’m so glad I did! I enjoyed reading the question and answer session with the author, gaining more insight into his thought process while writing the book. And the discussion questions really helped me gain more insight into my own regrets and what my library might be like. Anyone who has enjoyed The Midnight Library will truly want to spend a little time reading this!

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House
Library for sharing this kit with me!

[TW : suicide, depression, alcoholism, animal death,self-harm]

Midnight Library marks my reading challenge in 2023.

and I'd say it starts with a bang!

I cried and gasped in disbelief, questioning my existence and the universe around me while following the journey of Nora Seed and her quest to find the true meaning of life and happiness. What Nora experienced pretty much reflected what I used to feel, which is why her depression and loneliness kind of hit close to my Hello Kitty heart. Matt Haig better take responsibility for tears and tissues I spent bawling my eyes out.

But before I jump to Nora, first I want to appreciate Matt Haig's talented and beautiful writing (him describing Midnight Library and the meaning of it is superb!) Not even after I put the book down; every sentence, especially the quotes and words of reflection, he includes on every page is addicting. The theme of regrets, depression, and loneliness is strong on this one, kind of giving me a flashback to my teenage years of depression. I like how Matt doesn't give Nora the solution right away after she has lived a few of her lives; she remains clueless and surfs through each life hoping to find the meaning of happiness.

At some point, I could relate to Matt's and his view of life through Nora's eyes; we, as human beings, whether we dare to accept it or not, all have our own Book of Regrets. There are times in our lives when we wish we could go back in time or change the course of events to achieve a different outcome so our regrets don't pile up and become dust in the corner. There are some of us who dare to face our regrets and seek solutions to make our lives happier than they were before, but there are others who choose not to.

Anyway, let's move on to Nora, our main girl; at the beginning, I do feel pity for her. Getting everything bad thrown at your face while having low self-esteem, depression, and feeling worthless doesn't really support the idea of "I love my life". Also, having deep-infested regrets about everything kind of triggered Nora's decision to commit suicide.

Now, I feel a bit conflicted with Nora. On one hand, I pity her for having a life full of regrets; gloomy clouds have settled above her head; she's literally dispirited of moving forward with her life and has decided to stay stuck in one place. On the other side, I feel disturbed by her passiveness and her 'here to not be a follower but deep inside insecure enough to lead my own life' behavior. Her actions in the past (leaving Labyrinths, leaving Dan, leaving swimming, and writing lyrics) haunted her in the present, and she thought no one was big-hearted enough to stay with her. That's really selfish and stupid, if you take a second and think about it.

But I'm glad Nora discovered the meaning of true happiness and was given the opportunity to improve herself and look at life from a new perspective.

All in all, Midnight Library is a nice book to read and to cry on, with an ample amount of quotes and perspectives on life that will touch you and your inner heart. Although there are some pretty triggering words or actions, especially for people with mental illness (depression, self-harm, etc.), I think this book is still enjoyable to discuss with yourself or with a friend.

Let me close my review with quotes by Nora (which makes me bawl my eyes out non-stop) :

The impossible, I suppose, happens via living.
Will my life be miraculously free from pain, despair, grief, heartbreak, hardship, loneliness,
depression? No.
But do I want to live?
Yes. Yes.
A thousand times, yes

I loved reading this one. I just love this kind of books.
4 stars read for me. I love this author snd her writing style.
Thanks to netgally for this arc.

As this was just interview with an author and questions to go over at the book club about the book, I can't really say if it was good or bad.