One Hundred Flowers

Das Buch hatte mich am Anfang echt gepackt, nur wurde es relativ schnell uninteressant mit komischen Zeitsprüngen (die ich echt viel zu spät gemerkt habe) und dann war auch schon das Ende da (wo ich leider viel überflogen habe- 30 Seiten). Am Ende wurde es wieder emotionaler, aber nicht so, wie ich es mir „erhofft“ hatte. Würde ich nicht weiter empfehlen.

A very touching story about a son trying to understand his mother as she's slowy losing her memory. As the story progresses we get to know parts of their broken son and mother relationship and it's truly interesting what kind of memories remain and how two people can remember the same event so differently. The more the mother struggles with Alzheimers the more confusing her point of view gets - it makes you feel like you too are slowly losing your mind. A truly scary illness which unfortunately many families have to deal with. It raises the question about what makes us human and who we are without our memories. There were a few odd chapters set at the son's work space which kind of interrupted the reading flow for me since they didn't have anything to do with the main story and were rather random. But all in all I really enjoyed it and the ending definitely made me cry. Parts of it are set during New Years so it's a great book to start the year with :) It made me think about my own parents and family and how hard it would be to watch a loved one slowly vanish and not recognize you anymore.