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The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi

3 reviews

apolloann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

linearev's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

So I loved this book
I picked it up for a buddy read with a friend, mostly because it looked like ‘before the coffee gets cold’, and we both love that series.
The concept of looking back at life and still accepting how you’ve chosen your path is the main theme in both stories, and following the ‘guiding character(s)’ in both is also a great edition to how the stories come off structure wise. 

However, no matter how closely they resemble each other on paper, they have a world of difference between them.

Before the coffee gets cold is literately and poetically beautiful, forcing you to slow down and enjoy the simple descriptions of cherry blossoms and coffee steam. It also deals with the death or loss of something or someone very loved by the guests, in a much more detailed, raw and unflinching manner. 
This, overall, makes them an extremely emotional and heartbreaking reads, while balancing it with just enough heartwarming moments and realizations, that you feel okay in the end.

Oppositely, ‘The lantern of lost memories’ deals with the subject of the visitors deaths, and helps them move on from the world. This subject is arguably much heavier than the loss of a husband to dementia for example. However, the book deals with it in a much more lighthearted manner, creating a world where it’s not scary to die so much as it is a pleasure to look back upon life and know the good you did. It was lovely and lighthearted is what I’m trying to say. But overall, I sort of missed the emotional gut punch. So just bellow 5 stars it goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

cutepatzie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? No

5.0

This was such an amazing read. Short but powerful. I love the concept of this book. That lets you believe that maybe going afterlife is not so bad. The concept was great. And I love how each of them complement each other. And make you reflect on many things. The kind f open-close adding was great. Just good, wise book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: War