Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

9 reviews

ashleylynn's review

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Animal death, and Car accident

linguaphile412's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Dementia

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Animal death

sigynmoon's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

The corpse of a deer is described in detail.

sydneybedell's review

emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Blood and Car accident

Minor: Animal death

dniespal's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

The story about the professor whose memory stopped in 1975 and can't go beyond last 80 minutes and the relationships with his housekeeper , her son and his sister-in-law is a touching tale about love, friendship and coping with lack of your own past. It is written in wonderful language that skilfully shows the beuty of mathematics.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Death, Medical content, Bullying, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

chrisljm's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

A lovely story about a friendship that blossoms due to unlikely circumstances. 

Personally I am not fond of math, so it was fascinating seeing how, despite his memory, the Professor was able to constantly connect with his housekeeper and Root through his love and memory of mathematics. And it was touching to see the housekeeper slowly come to understand the professor and all his quirks, and despite not fully understanding math herself, taking the time to learn and appreciate formulas and prime numbers just because it was something the professor himself loved. It was also touching to see how these three characters become a sort of family together, and the bond that the professor and Root develops. I think the relationship between the professor and Root is one of my favorite things from the book because it’s so sweet and what I imagine a loving grandpa-grandson relationship to be like. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Dementia

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Ableism, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Centers around memory loss (chronic anterograde amnesia) as a result of a traumatic brain injury, although the character experiencing this is not the perspective character. Car crash described in semi-graphic detail once or twice. One description of a dead, decaying animal.

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Blood

honeyhistory103's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow. What can be said about this book without sounding like a broken record? I've only finished it fifteen minutes ago, and already I find myself wishing I could read it for the first time all over again. Throughout the whole novel, I found myself on the verge of tears, without ever finding a name for the emotion that had welled up inside me. The writing is absolutely gorgeous. The plot goes nowhere and everywhere, is simultaneously significant and utterly insignificant - it is a perfect encapsulation of the human experience. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Car accident

Minor: Blood