The Midnight Library

It is quite a revelation to discover that the place you wanted to escape to is the exact same place you escaped from. That the prison wasn't the place, but the perspective.

If I could marry a book, I'd marry this one. from all the fiction I've read centered on mental health, this one was very unique. Nora decides to end her life at the beginning of the book, and throughout she explores the different paths her life could have potentially taken given she made different decisions - funnily enough, she isn't happy as an Olympian, glaciologist, or rockstar. In the end, she realizes her original life is exactly where she needs to be, and her perspective on life is what was hindering her from being happy.

As someone that deals with my own mental health issues as many others do, this book surprisingly made me more optimistic about life - things CAN get better, and looking at life from a different angle might even be the catalyst to a positive mindset.

Guys, please read this book.