A review by kalldaff
Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

This series never fails to make me feel so many emotions. It has this inherent predictability to the plot that I think makes it easier to focus on the new characters we meet and the emotions they feel. This book in particular interested me because the timeline didn't match up with what I expected, as it seems to take place before the prior book. And while the other books generally had a plotline around a specific character in the staff that carried on as the connecting feature throughout the stories, this one did not have that. Instead, what connected them was the theme from the title: saying goodbye. All of the stories surrounded loss and saying farewell to those we love while resolving past regrets. I did wish there was more about the staff because I've grown to care for them a lot, but I enjoyed this different lens of looking at the stories. 
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