Scan barcode
marpaige's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicide, Child death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts
elishacarles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic
rhi_reading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts
itspronouncedtessa's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Suicide, Terminal illness, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death
singrequiem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Medical trauma, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Chronic illness, Grief, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
Minor: Classism and Colonisation
There are graphic descriptions of decomposition and bodily changes in a detached, clinical way. (Alongside less detached scenes)kierstyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
this book is about a pandemic that breaks out across earth and through different chapters we see how the pandemic affects different Japanese families around the world in different years after the pandemic hits. this book is sad and full of grief. it also introduces far-fetched future ideas like talking pigs, a disease that turns hearts into lungs, and rollercoasters to kill children.
I am so disappointed because on chapter 1 I was like omg this is gonna be a 5 star book. but my rating kept going down and down as the chapters went on.
every single chapter explores the same theme (grief and loved ones dying) but with different characters and a different setting. it's very repetitive and some chapters I was just like wtf am I reading??
there are only 2-3 chapters with women as the main characters. there are no queer characters and everyone is in a hetero relationship. each character talks exactly the same so I cannot distinguish one person from the next.
the last chapter felt like it was from another book altogether.
this may be a good book for you to read if you're struggling with grief or if you lost a loved one in the pandemic. it may help you know you are not alone in your feelings. but other than that I wouldn't recommend it.
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts
anni_swanilda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, and Animal death
Minor: Cancer and Sexual content
staysunny's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cancer, and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol
jht5791's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Suicide
alireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Child death