At the outset, it's am amazing feeling to literally finish a book's final page as one's plane hits the runway. Forever a sweetly mundane memory.

This book of memoirish self-fulfillment or self-help type thoughts is remarkably tight, light and heavy all at once. It feels a bit odd to say, but I love how he weaves in pieces of his mental-health history, including suicidal moments, a complete meltdown, and more. In short, this book has surely saved lives.

The chapters are incredibly short, and the entire thing is immensely readable. I appreciate that, as I read more slowly as I age, for whatever reasons. The two-page chapter (section?) titled "A note from the beach" stood out to me, given I was heading to vacation on Cape Cod at the time of slam-reading this.

Some of the quotes from other writers and thinkers are wildly inspiring, and some are slightly sigh-inducing. The book comes in under 200 pages, and may be a bit padded from a formatting perspective, but that's not so much a knock as a sincere round of thanks from me for helping me meet my 2021 Goodreads goal.

Matt Haig, I am ready for your ballyhooed novel. Midnight Library, come into my world.