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The Life Impossible A Novel

Matt Haig2024
A remarkable new novel from Matt Haig, the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Midnight Library The Life Impossible is a story of wild adventure, deep transformation and gloriously heart-warming characters. It shows how a new outlook can burst into life at any moment and change everything.
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Reviews

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Em@transluceo
2.5 stars
Dec 30, 2024

Tried too hard to be meaningful, yet made me feel like I’d read this story before.

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Rebecca Harwood@beck
2 stars
Dec 29, 2024

I love Matt Haig's other books but I did not enjoy this one. He was trying so hard to be profound but it came off as tedious and preachy.

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Lisa Savage@panky
3.5 stars
May 7, 2025
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Yağmur Orhan@lluvia
4 stars
Apr 15, 2025
+4
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Macy HB@macyhb
3 stars
Mar 27, 2025
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Alison Mejury@aaalisonn
3.5 stars
Feb 6, 2025
+2
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Sara wilke@sarawilke86
3.5 stars
Feb 5, 2025
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Katey Musall@kateym
3.5 stars
Jan 20, 2025
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Brooke McBride@brookeakers
4 stars
Jan 20, 2025
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Sophie Wolzak@soph1e_w
4 stars
Jan 1, 2025
+1
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Naveen Sheik@navsheik
3.5 stars
Dec 22, 2024
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Howard Greller@heshiegreshie
5 stars
Dec 19, 2024
+4
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Bianca@stylinfreak
3 stars
Dec 16, 2024
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Tina ok@tlo
5 stars
Dec 3, 2024
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Emily Burns@emilymelissabee
4 stars
Nov 30, 2024
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Erik Horton@erikhorton
2.5 stars
Oct 3, 2024

Highlights

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Jessie@jesdu

I missed him so much, but also I felt like I was missing myself too. Thats the thing with grief. The way it kind of sinks you into death as well. I mean, you are still biologically functioning obviously. You are out there breathing and seeing and talking but you aren’t properly alive anymore.

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Macy HB@macyhb

I have never believed in magic, and I still don't. But sometimes what looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't understand yet.

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Macy HB@macyhb

Wanting things to be simple can become a kind of prison, it really can, because you end up staying trapped inside how you want things to be rather than embracing how they could be.

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