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This story is so profound, its hard to put into words how much it touched me. It is beautifully written and shows the relationship built between grandfather and grandson. He slowly prepares his grandson to say goodbye one last time before he mentally can no longer be there. It is the saddest, most heart warming gift you can give someone. He doesn't want his grandchild to have any regrets that involve him.

quotes:
“Why are you holding my hand so tight, Grandpa?” the boy whispers
again.
“Because all of this is disappearing, Noahnoah. And I want to keep hold
of you longest of all.”
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“What can we do to help Grandpa?"
The dad's tears dry on the boy's sweatshirt.
"We can walk down the road with him. We can keep him company.”

jessica_anna_x's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced

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? It's complicated

5.0

portybelle's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful and emotional short story. Very touching and beautifully written.

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4.0

Absolutely loved this. The book made me think about my own life and my own problems with letting go, which I love when books do. I also loved the scenery (everything taking place in the grandfathers brain).
A definite tearjerker

ohnoohkei's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

ri_ri's review against another edition

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4.0

“I know that the way home is getting longer and longer every morning. But I loved you because your brain, your world, was always bigger than everyone else’s. There’s still a lot of it left.”

It's 2 am and I can't stop crying because I just finished reading this book. My highlights of this book are even more than the actual pages of this book. Thats how much consequential, powerful and impressive this story was. I think this book is gonna stay with me for a long long time. It was just so beautiful. Everything about it was perfect even though it was heartbreakingly painful.

Noah and Grandpa's bond was just so so so precious. The way granpa did everything for Noah and with Noah because he couldn't give all those things to his own son had me crying everytime.

“The universe gave you both Noah. He’s the bridge between you. That’s why we get the chance to spoil our grandchildren, because by doing that we’re apologizing to our children.”

Grandpa and his love for his wife was just something out of their world. They lived for each other and loved each other their whole lives even in death. The way this had a very small romance element and even though it was painful but the beauty of it cannot be describe in words. This 50 pages short story narrated a story of one of the most lovely couple which many books with even 400 pages can't do.

“Falling in love with her meant having no room in his own body. That was why he danced.”

I can't tell you everything about this book here because words will never be enough to describe the meaning and the beauty of this short story but one thing that I know for sure is that you'll be doing yourself a favour by reading it.

“What does it feel like?”
“Like constantly searching for something in your pockets. First you lose the small things, then it’s the big ones. It starts with keys and ends with people.”

emenendez1's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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