wasn't sure what to expect, and although it stated the actual book wasn't included (confusing) I did expect more that a table of contents and several pages of part of a man's pictures. Odd.

I enjoyed this but it was not what I expected. At time I felt that I was reading a self help book. 3 stars

This book club guide is meant to accompany the book when reading in a group. It includes some questions to discuss, and an interview with the author. A very interesting addition to the book.

This was a very helpful guide for my buddy read on The Midnight Library! If you wanted to read the book and have a discussion about it with friends or a book club, this is the guide for you to help start off that discussion!

I found the concept of The Midnight Library -- a place where, when one is essentially in limbo after dying in the "real world" but has yet to pass onto a permanent death, can look at the lives of their other selves and can stay in the life that makes them the most happy -- intriguing. However, I think the execution was not entirely what I was hoping it would be. I appreciate how Haig weaves philosophy throughout the book, leaving the reader to be reflective about the lives that we currently lead and COULD lead, as well as thinking about what makes a life and what is the most important to make that life worth living. However, I found the book to be uninteresting at times, but that just may not be the experience of others. Regardless, overall, the book was most entertain as a general interest/fiction book, and I think it would appeal to wide variety of audiences, even if one is not a fantasy reader (which I am not).

I downloaded this book club kit as I have every intention to read this book in the nearby future in my club. The questions seem all interesting and very much related to the book, so... five stars!

This Book Club Kit was a great addition to the book The Midnight Library. Besides giving some questions for discussion at book club, it also features a question and answer with the author, Matt Haig, which adds insight into his characters and reasoning behind the writing of this book. Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Library Resources for access to these materials.. #NetGalley #BookClubKit:TheMidnightLibrary

Haven’t read the book - downloaded thinking it was included In this download buy these are just questions for book clubs

This is a really great tool for book clubs discussing The Midnight Library. It is perfect for starting discussions about the topics of the books and getting a better understanding!

This is a fantastic accompaniment to the book and for any book club. It includes through-provoking questions and the Q&A with the author is a really nice bonus to bring to a book club. Thank you NetGalley for this!

Every once in a while you read a book that you know is going to stay in your mind for a really long time. It may not be the perfect book or the easiest to read, but it will make you question the meaning of life and change how you live moving forward.

Between life and death, there is a library. Up until now, Nora Seed's life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. When she finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. Each one contains a different life, a possible world in which she made different choices that played out an infinite number of ways, affecting everyone she knew as well as many people she's never met. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every decision she regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

The Midnight Library immersed me in a life outside of my own. In my recent review of WandaVision, I mentioned that watching Wanda and Vision live so many different lives made me forget about how boring and repetitive mine is right now. That is exactly what The Midnight Library did. Nora See jumped into different versions of her life where she made different decisions than in her "root life." She was a lead singer in a band, a glaciologist, a mother, a professional swimmer, a winemaker, and so much more. All of these were made available to her through books. In the end, the journey she took from life to life taught her that "We don't have to do everything in order to be everything, because we are already infinite." In a way, every book/movie/show ever made is a part of a worldwide Midnight Library. Every time you dive into a new book or movie, you step into the shoes of a person outside yourself. You could be reading about someone extremely similar to you or someone who stands completely outside of your comfort zone. I never thought about literature and entertainment this way until Matt Haig made it clear with this book. I can say with confidence that The Midnight Library will get anyone who is already a reader out of a reading slump and those who aren't into reading hooked.

Nora taught me quite a lot in this book. She goes from looking at life from a depressed and suicidal perspective to one of hope and possibility, and it was beautiful. I won't give any spoilers as to where she ends up at the end, but the ending is not just a set of pages, but an experience that will leave your mouth drop and your heart full of happiness.

Whether this is your first life, your only life, or if you are a slider jumping into multiple realities where you made different decisions like Nora, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a book worth your time. This will forever be a novel I will recommend on Goodreads to anyone going through a tough time or to those wanting to learn a little more about "the meaning of life." I think about places like the Midnight Library a lot. What place do we go to between life and death if there is one? Is it a black hole? A white room? A field of grass? A DVD store? A library? Did I have any regrets? Did I live my happiest life? Was life really worth living? Up until now, death has been the biggest fear of mine. Matt Haig gives me hope that there is a beautiful place in-between life and death. One where I can look onto other lives and wonder what I could have done differently. Maybe there is a world where I became an Olympic volleyball player. Maybe I could have been a journalist for The New York Times. We will never know what other lives we could have lived, so there is no point in wasting our one shot pining for them Take in the life you are living right now. Give your parents a hug the next time you see them. Buy a cake for yourself, even if it is not your birthday. Wear that bathing suit you have been too scared to try on and post an Instagram photo of it. Rock that job interview. Round up for charity the next time you shop. Go on that trip you have been wanting to plan. I only have this life, but books like The Midnight Library let me experience a little more.

Favorite Quotes:
“You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.”

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise.”

“A person was like a city. You couldn't let a few less desirable parts put you off the whole. There may be bits you don't like, a few dodgy side streets and suburbs, but the good stuff makes it worthwhile.”

“And that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can’t have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness forever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.”

“Sometimes just to say your own truth out loud is enough to find others like you.”

“Want,’ she told her, in a measured tone, ‘is an interesting word. It means lack. Sometimes if we fill that lack with something else the original want disappears entirely.”

“Maybe that's what all lives were, though. Maybe even the most seemingly perfectly intense or worthwhile lives ultimately felt the same. Acres of disappointment and monotony and hurts and rivalries but with flashes of wonder and beauty. Maybe that was the only meaning that mattered. To be the world, witnessing itself.”

I really liked this version. It has all information to steer a book club meaningful. I love the possible questions I was able to ask in our book club meeting. Furthermore, this version is very tastefully designed and very helpful overall.

This Book Club Kit really helped to connect my own life to the story. The questions were thought provoking and encouraged a great discussion.

Good accompaniment for the book. It was a nice kit for a thoughtful and articulate reading alongside the book. I enjoyed the questions and prompts they included in the kit.

Fantastic companion for any book group or club. Particularly enjoyed the Q&A with the author, the questions made it an easy choice for any book group or club to use.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Super fun! I love kits that expand my enjoyment of the book. I think this is a must for book club or your personal enjoyment! I recommend it!

This is a solid bookclub kit. The questions are specific to the text, yet also provide opportunities for larger conversations about what the readers would do in Nora's situation. I did think that there were a few missed opportunities that could have made this kit fodder for an even better book club experience. The first missed opportunity is the lack of followup questions based upon the interview with author Matt Haig. In the interview, Haig spoke about the personal experiences that helped inspire the novel and also about the process of writing "The Midnight Library." After reading his answers about his own experiences with depression, I had new thoughts about the book, I imagine many readers would feel likewise and would appreciate questions to help guide additional conversations in a book club setting. The other missed opportunity in the book club kit was not including any questions about the books and films that inspired this story-- the most obvious of which is the well known film, "It's a Wonderful Life," which also features a character who's intent upon ending their life and is given a chance to see how things might have been different if he hadn't impacted the lives of the people in his hometown. The hometown in question is called Bedford Falls. The town in which Nora resides in :"The Midnight Library" is called Bedford. The inspiration is pretty clear, and yet none of the questions in the kit broached it. Since the film and the Dickens book that inspired it, "A Christmas Carol" are well known parts of popular culture, it makes sense to have them as additional touchstones in a book club conversation-- especially for readers who are new to the book club experience.
But all in all, I thought the book club kit enhanced the reading experience. Now I'm off to do a reread of "The Midnight Library."

I love this book, so i was anxious to get the book club kit. Regardless if you're reading for a book club, or if you want some additional questions to make you think...this is a great companion.

Thank you for this book club guide. We also received a guide with questions from our local library where we were able to pick up the book club kit with multiple copies. We appreciated this additional material but it wasn’t necessary.- thanks.

This is a great resource for a book club, includes an interview with the author and some great discussion questions!