The Life Impossible

A Novel

De: Matt Haig

Narrado por: Joanna Lumley, Jordan Stephens

The New York Times Bestseller

“An odyssey of action and awe.”—The New York Times

“A wry and tender love-letter to the best of being human.”—Benedict Cumberbatch

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide

“What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet…”

When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan.

Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.

Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

©2024 Matt Haig (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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A must-read book of fall 2024 from TIME | Book Riot | GoodReads | Library Journal | BookPage | PEOPLE | Parade | SheReads | Town & Country

“A beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination and, at its adventurous heart, a wry and tender love-letter to the best of being human.”—Benedict Cumberbatch

“An odyssey of action and awe. . . a humble and genuinely lovely concept.”—The New York Times

“Grace’s realization that everything on Earth is worthy of admiration and preservation is a message the whole world can get behind.”—Associated Press

I wanted to like it, but it wasn't for me

I have enjoyed Matt Haig's previous novels, and wanted to enjoy this book, but had to force myself to finish it. I found the main character unlikable, and while I enjoy the narrator as an actress, she was doing a whispery type voice for the main character that didn't help me like her any better. The supernatural elements were fine, but the character's constant pity parties and reciting math theories were additional layers that grated on my nerves.

Listen to the preview and if you like it, enjoy the book. Otherwise, this might be better in print.

It’s ok

I liked it all right. I like the environmental protection element that the characters took on, but I did kind of have to slog through it.

Mystical ~ Dreamy

Entertaining story with interesting characters and beautiful descriptions Much too mystical for my personal taste.

Not Bad, But Not The Best

Like a few others have said, this one didn’t quite resonate with me as much as The Midnight Library. I’m biased, as Midnight Library is in my top 5 favorites.

I understand Matt’s intent and the symbolic allegory of this book. However, the actual “story” the message is wrapped in just wasn’t as interesting. I spaced out for a few minutes a couple of times while listening and didn’t even rewind.

Still a Matt Haig fan though!

one of the best

I listen to so many books in the last 10 years, that I forget most of them. this one at the end made my throat tight and made me cry. it made me feel things and believe things and no things that I never thought of before. this ending was probably one of the best endings of any book but the whole story is magnificent. one of my favorites

What a beautiful and inspiring story.

A beautiful, inspiring book about courage, adventure, starting over and beginning a new chapter of life, after 70.

Love and light

One of the best feel good books I’ve read in a long time. It has tragedies, supernaturals, mathematics and the mysteries of the universe. It’s funny and heartfelt and touches on the core of being human in a fairly tough, difficult world- a world of our own making. I loved every character. We are all flawed and all human and I wish those 2 wouldn’t damage our spirits so much. We could be free in our potential. It’s also a story of how we need to cherish everything and everyone on our beautiful in peril planet.stay hopeful my alien friends.

Love This Even When I Didn’t Want To

This is hockey and it shouldn’t work but somehow it does. It was just what I needed during a dark time. The reader is divine.

clunky story/adventure

well despite the prolific use of Spanish and the amazing setting as well as the amazingly ordinary main character (Grace) who decides not to give in to typical 70 year old fare and jumps head first into a magical odyssey whodunnit adventure to save herself, the while Island of Ibiza as well as a rock formation nearby. oh and she gets super powers from an enchanting light / energy in the sea that is basically god and then she walks around Ibiza town reading people's minds and even horny cockroaches minds...the hotelier villain is too cliche for words and the ending Is so unsatisfying. at least she went to Amnesia one night and I think She was really drugged but it was probably a just the glowing water. generally disappointing.

Ehhhhhh

It was boring and repetitive in a lot of parts. Sadly I was just waiting for it to end.