The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

Summary

The Life Impossible is another imaginitive and wonderful novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller, The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide.

Grace Winters, at 72, is a retired maths teacher living a quiet life, when she inherits a run down old house on a Mediterranean Island. Being curious, about why her long lost friend, would leave her an inheritance, she sets off to Ibiza, with a one way ticket, and with no plan at all.

Grace soon falls in love with the island, and it’s people, as she searches for answers about the life that her friend chose to live, and what happened along the way, to cause her life to end the way it did. Grace could never have imagined or dreamed what she discovered. She finds that she must come to terms with her past, before she can make decisions about her future, and move on.

324 pages, Hardcover
Published September 3, 2024 by Viking

Fantasy – Magic Realism – Historical Fiction

My Thoughts

Beautifully written, The Life Impossible is an adventure story of hope and new beginnings. I would describe this story as a feel good fanstasy. After all, who wouldn’t like to inherit a house on an island in the Mediterranean. Add in mystery science fiction, and lots of adventure, and you have everything for a story that is unputdownable.

I noticed that The Life Impossible had very mixed reviews on Goodreads, and I really can’t understand why. Fortunately, as we often find in life, we are all different. I loved this book and found in hard to put down!

During the wild adventure, I couldn’t help but cheer for the main characters, as they faced their challenges. What comes through this novel to me, is how you just never know when your life could be transformed, even when you haven’t realised that you’re not happy. This is a novel of transformation, peace and happiness.

Star Rating

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book. For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.