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bon_xx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Terminal illness and Dementia
Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Child death
balfies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
An incredibly affecting piece of autofiction about having a parent with Alzheimer's, and the daily griefs of watching a loved one's sense of self give out under them.
I've never read one of Otsuka's full novels, but if they're all as moving, beautiful, and precise as this then I'm gonna have to bump them up the list. Read if you like Crying in H Mart or No One is Talking About This.
Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement and Genocide
heatherjchin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Grief
Moderate: Terminal illness and Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Medical content
tindin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical content, and War
Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Abandonment
katieamelia's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Death of parent
venetiana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Dementia
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail
austenite93's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Dementia, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child death and War