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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
Sick lit with a manic pixie dream girl and an autistic(?) MC. (I can't read him as anything but. The MC does not dislike people, he just literally doesn't know how to related/connect to them and prefers to spend all his free time reading.)
I don't mind books about people dealing with illness, but if the whole point of the illness is to have an easy plot twist and to force character development, it's annoying. Also: the last third of the book was completely unnecessary, boring blah blah.
I recommend the movie over the book. I found the movie much easier to stomach.
I think the audiobook was done well, though, and the female voice actor is great at making the female MC sound as obnoxious as the story makes her out to be.
I don't mind books about people dealing with illness, but if the whole point of the illness is to have an easy plot twist and to force character development, it's annoying. Also: the last third of the book was completely unnecessary, boring blah blah.
I recommend the movie over the book. I found the movie much easier to stomach.
I think the audiobook was done well, though, and the female voice actor is great at making the female MC sound as obnoxious as the story makes her out to be.
emotional
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Stalking, Alcohol
Rep: Japanese setting & cast, MC with terminal illness
The book was not what I expected, exactly. For a story with a such sad premise, it was surprisingly funny - or rather it had its good funny moments.
There was one point where you're just reading and being like "aw, ok, we're moving alright". Then, the rug is completely pulled out from under you. There were moments where I was just sobbing for fifty pages.
On the 'technical' side of things: I have to say, for me, it lacked in some areas. The writing for example - I can't wrap my fingers around it but its simplicity didn't do the book a favor sometimes. The character's acrs themselves were oversimplified and their development wasn't explained enough which caused the end of it to feel a little flat. The plot wasn't anything special too - which is to be expected of course, given the nature of the book. But at the same time, the whole thing they just went somewhere, teased each other, mentioned death, then repeat. This was the whole book.
I personally also wasn't a fan of the long chapters. The whole book is divided of only 10 chapters they were long ones. This is only a stylistic choice on the author's part that I'm just not fan of. Still, there were plenty of other things that made the whole things moves fast so this wasn't as big of an issue as I expected it to be. And let's not forget, light novels are called 'light' for a reason.
Overall, I have some critique but I don't regret reading it!
The book was not what I expected, exactly. For a story with a such sad premise, it was surprisingly funny - or rather it had its good funny moments.
There was one point where you're just reading and being like "aw, ok, we're moving alright". Then, the rug is completely pulled out from under you. There were moments where I was just sobbing for fifty pages.
On the 'technical' side of things: I have to say, for me, it lacked in some areas. The writing for example - I can't wrap my fingers around it but its simplicity didn't do the book a favor sometimes. The character's acrs themselves were oversimplified and their development wasn't explained enough which caused the end of it to feel a little flat. The plot wasn't anything special too - which is to be expected of course, given the nature of the book. But at the same time, the whole thing they just went somewhere, teased each other, mentioned death, then repeat. This was the whole book.
I personally also wasn't a fan of the long chapters. The whole book is divided of only 10 chapters they were long ones. This is only a stylistic choice on the author's part that I'm just not fan of. Still, there were plenty of other things that made the whole things moves fast so this wasn't as big of an issue as I expected it to be. And let's not forget, light novels are called 'light' for a reason.
Overall, I have some critique but I don't regret reading it!
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Grief
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
Loveable characters:
Yes
This must've been fate. I don't know why I picked this book up from the store in the first place, because I never shop in that section, but I'll take that as a sign, somewhere in my heart I have an inkling of why this happened.
It felt like a part of my life was looking back at me from the book. I felt seen, and there were many moments when I could relate to the main characters - Sakura and [The Boy Who I Get On With Well]-kun. It was quite tantalizing to never find out the boy's name, but at the same time, it was kind of a doorway for me to relate to the character a lot more. Quite frequently, I found myself thinking, "Oh, I thought that too. I felt like that. This is so real," and so on.
I think this book gave me some kind of relief for what I've experienced. Near the end, I cried pretty often. All of it just felt so familiar, and I was genuinely heartbroken. Plus, the plot twist.. AAH, I slammed the book closed and just sat appalled on my bed. Because what the fuck, why don't you just rip my heart right out of my chest while you're at it?
All in all, this is a great book to get an insight into people's lives who are young and dying, while they're so full of life and desperately want to live alongside the power of friendship & love. <3
It felt like a part of my life was looking back at me from the book. I felt seen, and there were many moments when I could relate to the main characters - Sakura and [The Boy Who I Get On With Well]-kun. It was quite tantalizing to never find out the boy's name, but at the same time, it was kind of a doorway for me to relate to the character a lot more. Quite frequently, I found myself thinking, "Oh, I thought that too. I felt like that. This is so real," and so on.
I think this book gave me some kind of relief for what I've experienced. Near the end, I cried pretty often. All of it just felt so familiar, and I was genuinely heartbroken. Plus, the plot twist.. AAH, I slammed the book closed and just sat appalled on my bed. Because what the fuck, why don't you just rip my heart right out of my chest while you're at it?
All in all, this is a great book to get an insight into people's lives who are young and dying, while they're so full of life and desperately want to live alongside the power of friendship & love. <3
Either of us could die tomorrow. That goes the same for you and just as much for me. Everyday is worth the same as any other. What I did or didn't do today doesn't change it's worth. Today I had fun.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Grief
Minor: Medical content
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Just watch the movie…
WATCH THE MOVIES. READ THIS BOOK. SOB UNCONTROLLABLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. REPEAT.