A review by ivyinthepages
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

3.0

Rating: 3.75 leaves out of 5
Characters: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Story: 2.5/5
Writing: 2.5/5
Genre: Classic/Children
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: YES


Hated|Disliked|It Was Okay|Liked|Loved

Is this going to be a pattern of kids' books making me tear up? Ugh, either way this story hits hard. I find it a little troubling that she wasn't 100 percent truthful in her writing. I think when you are talking about something like this you should but I think both endings are very tragic. In the original

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she does fold over 1,000 and still died which... hits hard because she did all she could and still loss the battle.

In her version the meaning of her ending still hits as hard,

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that life will swift you away even if you aren't actually finished living.