The Midnight Library Cheat Sheet

Introduction:

Mental Health themes:

The author claims that the book isn't a book about mental health but rather a book where the main character has mental health issues. Do you think this rings true in terms of how you perceived it? The mental health themes are very discreet after Nora enters the midnight library.
Do you think it was a realistic representation of mental health? More specifically, depression?
Pets are often seen to help those with mental health issues cope. Do you think the killing of Nora's cat at the beginning of the book was purposeful?
Do you think that the author having struggled with these issues himself helped to provide an accurate account for this?

Social media:

The author believes that social media has an impact on our mental health, do you agree?
How do you think the social media updates Nora posted fit in with the book? Do you think the fact that Nora didn't see any response to these updates is to purposefully avoid the toxicity of social media?
Do you think the choice for Nora's "purgatory" being a library proves as "anti social media"?
In one of the lives Nora tries out, she figures a lot out about herself through googling herself - does this contradict this message?
Do you think the shorter chapters is born out of our complacency to social media and reading things in shorter bursts?

The structure of the story:

Did you like the fact the protagonist was female? Could you imagine the story from a male perspective instead? The novel was originally written from a male perspective.
Did you like the shorter chapters? Why?
Were there parts of Nora's story that you didn't like as much? E.g. different lives she tried out.
What did you think of Hugo? Did his experience of his own "purgatory" complement the story or would it have worked better if it was just Nora experiencing this?
What did you think of Mrs. Elm's role? If you were in Nora's position, who do you think would be your "Mrs. Elm"? What would your "midnight library" take the form of?
Do you think the overall message of the novel is positive or negative? Why?