I Want To Eat Your Pancreas by Yoru Sumino

OVERVIEW:

Seven Seas Publishing states:

Also known as Let Me Eat Your Pancreas, the manga version of the coming-of-age novel that inspired two films! In this deeply moving first-person story, an introverted high school boy finds his classmate’s diary—and learns her biggest secret. Yamauchi Sakura is dying from a pancreatic disease, and now he is the only one person outside her family to know the truth. The last thing the boy wants is to be her friend, but Sakura’s cheerful demeanor and their shared secret draw them together in this heartrending tale of friendship and mortality.

REVIEW:

When I picked this book up, I wasn't expecting to fall in love with the storytelling as much as I did. As someone dealing with an illness, I related to Yamauchi and her struggles dealing with an incurable disease, and it gave a lot of insight into what those I am surrounded with deal with through the lens of the main character. Despite this coming to age tale being so simplistic, I anxiously turned each page. The end of the story broke my heart in ways I did not think a book could; it ends in such a way that is so unexpected yet subtly foreshadowed throughout the book. Sumino breaks their reader slowly of their expectations while weaving in hopeful moments, hesitation, and unconditional love without forcing it down your throat. I cannot recommend this book enough. Grab some tissues, and settle in for a beautifully crafted slice of life story that will leave you wanting more.

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INTERESTING FACT:

Yoru Sumino is a prolific writer who began writing in secondary. If you enjoy this book, check out their other works:

• I Had That Same Dream Again

• At Night, I Become a Monster

• I Will Forget This Feeling Someday

• I am Blue, in Pain, and Fragile

• I Have a Secret