Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

34 reviews

itsheyfay's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Cancer and Medical trauma

aseel_reads's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

1.0

I liked chapter or part 3 only, because of the dog but otherwise this was so boring and somehow slow and I didn't like the focus on marriage or having kids, felt like an agenda. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical content, Terminal illness, Ableism, and Grief

cartermon4's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy

arturo_luzen's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Grief, Terminal illness, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, and Pregnancy

abfreda184's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Grief

ladysanctuary's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

The fourth in the series, this one adds little to the existing formula that wasn't achieved by the previous books. In general it was touching but failed to develop any of the recurring characters meaningfully and only lightly explored the time travellers. A lot of death regrets in this one, but it still tended towards the lightly heartstring pulling feeling of earlier books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, and Death of parent

fronk10's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

A sweet little book and a lovely way to end the year. Each installation in this series is like a warm hug after a good cry - sad but cathartic, and means you can move on better for it. I enjoyed the occasional shift to first person as it made the stories seem less repetitive. A good variety of characters, and the second story was my favourite!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

samcsmith's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Death

Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy

rachelmcg2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

guardianofthebookshelf's review

slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent