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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
I read this when I was a pre-teen, I think, and it's one of the books that I regularly remember and think about. Reading Kafka on the Shore this week also brought it to mind.
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Fast paced for a 45 minute book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
I loved the simplicity of this story and how it let Sadako's life and personality shine through. I read the ebook so the images weren't as stunning as I imagine they are on paper, but they still helped tell the story and show emotion. Being based on a true story, it was sad to read about how a little baby was affected by the atomic bomb so long after it was dropped.
Sadako is a lively kid and a fantastic runner. She is living in Japan some years after the bomb was dropped in WWII. She has learned of people who have died from leukemia but knows no one personally. She begins to feel tired and achey, and she thinks it's just her training for a race. Then she collapses. She ends up in the hospital. She is told the story of 1,000 paper cranes that bring good luck. She begins folder and fighting the disease, leukemia. She dies before she finishes but is buried with 1,000 thanks to family.
Sad but well told story.
Sad but well told story.
I read this book in elementary school and it was the first book that caused me to have such an emotional reaction that I remember it almost 20 years later. **(POSSIBLE SPOILERS)** It forced me to face my own mortality, and proved that not even children are exempt from the horrors of war and death.
I'll be interested in hearing what the kids in our book group have to say. It's a sad, sad story. I want to read an adult version.
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A