Haig creates a picture of a 35-year old woman in a state of deep depression named Nora. A woman working at the same dead-end job for years while she has so many dreams but no motivation to make them happen. In an emotionally fragile place, Nora gets fired and her cat dies. She commits suicide. Nora wakes up in an in-between state of life and the afterlife, where she finds herself in a library. In the library, she goes through different universe parallels and tries on different lives to see if she would like those versions better than her “root life.” Nora takes you along to hear her thoughts, and feelings without any filter. I was enthralled with this book because it talked about mental health struggles in a normal way. By that I mean, sometimes society makes mental health sound like a bad thing and that if someone has it, they should be an outcast. However, this book explained that while she was indifferent lives she could have everything or nothing and she still wasn’t perfectly happy, along with the idea that it is ok to feel depressed because it is an ordinary thing that happens to everyone. It brings open-mindedness to the table. Haig does a good job at connecting every emotion there is while also giving a lesson that suicide is not a problem solver. It validates feelings for everybody who reads it because Nora is a relatable character. Every person who reads this story can benefit. This book is captivating within the first chapter. This is a must-read.
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