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     S ome novel underlies a handful of every variety of masala …a love story, a kind of science fiction, definitive historical fantasy, and some portion thriller…and my 2nd novel read after  Midnight Library  by English writer Matt Haig entails all.      Tom Hazard, the protagonist of “How to Stop Time,” is very, very old . He was born in the 16th-century but still looks like a 41-year-old man. He is employed as a history teacher in London. A reluctant member of the Albatross Society, a secret group dedicated to protecting the existence of these “immortals” a secret, Hazard is at odds with the Albatross Society’s founder, who is the oldest man on Earth, and devout supporter in immortals not establishing emotional attachments. Still mourning his wife’s death centuries earlier and hunting for his daughter with hope that she is ageless like him, 401-year-old Hazard encounters himself flooded by memories of his past and an unexpected attraction to ...

  And the verdict of today’s book review is that- I can say with obvious assurance that this book is a beautiful read showcasing the power of choices and their determining outcome on succeeding moments in life. This dream-like novel held a message that we are never fully stuck in life and that we all possess the ultimate power within us to rewrite our lives at any moment. "The Midnight Library" renders the story of Nora Seed who is an unhappy, depressed, and desperate woman estranged from her family and friends. Nora has just lost her job, and her cat is dead. Believing she has no reason to go on, she writes a farewell note and takes an overdose of antidepressants. But instead of waking up in heaven, hell, or eternal nothingness, she finds herself in a library filled with books that offer her a possibility to see and experience an infinite number of alternate new lives. We are often hooked between our choices and what life and people offer us. But in the struggle of dwindlin...