Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

23 reviews

kelseychild's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

serendipity421's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Car accident

karalara's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Chronic illness

Minor: Car accident and Suicide attempt

abiofpellinor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Chronic illness

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy

georgiacatt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• 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

3.75

I much preferred the first book in this series, but I thought the continuation from the original was very good. I think the idea of returning to the past becomes slightly more predictable and repetitive but the stories of each character are varied so it is still a nice read. Once again, there is a philosophical idea that runs throughout each short story and links it all together at the end which is very effective. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

claudiashelf's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I can frankly say that the story in this book is just the same as the two previous books, there are not many significant differences. The storyline is literally the same but only with different topics in every chapter; each chapter is about another person ( mostly a customer ) in the cafe. One thing that I love to complete this series is that the story is just getting promising, and when I’m reading them I can feel the heartwarming in my gut, and because each story has its own lesson.

I can still feel the levity reading this, despite the stories feeling a little monotonous, especially toward the end, and the way the rules kept repeating in every chapter turning out to be unsettling for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, and Chronic illness

samarakroeger's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

I thought this book was especially heavy-handed, even when in comparison with the first two.  I didn't like that it was date stamped (set in 2030) and how every story revolved around early death or suicidal ideation.  Through a trip to the past, every depressed person miraculously found the strength to keep on living!  In comparison to the first two books in the series, the stories in here really lacked variety and a sense of urgency.

but then again, maybe I'm just cold-hearted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

tahsintries's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Grief

kappafrog's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Pregnancy