RESCUE AT CRADLE LAKE

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Sep 23, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English
  卑怯だーっ！
  that's cowardly!
  病床で余命短い兄を看るギニーと、子供を失った悲しみに暮れるファーガスの恋愛模様。最初から泣かせる気満々の物語です。病気だからとはいえ、妹に迷惑をかけているけれど孤独と死への恐怖に怯えるリチャードの心情もしっかりと描かれているし、二人とも医療従事者であるから、死を切り離せない現実が物語に拍車をかけている気がします。娘を失って身の置き所の無いファーガスと兄を亡くしたギニーがお互いに前を向いて生きていこうと、寄り添い励ましあっていくその姿は涙なしでは読めません。複雑な家族構成に悪意を向ける者がいて、それに立ち向かわなくてはならない姿勢や、助け手は近くにあるのだと孤独ではないと元気づけてくれるエピソードは、簡単に愛だけで語れない生活がそこここに描かれていて胸を打ちます。が、少々綺麗に書かれ過ぎていてもっとドロドロとした「死」への恐怖と葛藤と本音を描いてあれば完璧と言えたでしょう。それでも、悪意に対して逆襲はしているし、マディーの素直さも安心させてくれる要素となって物語は収束しています。

  A love story between Ginny, who watches over her older brother with a short life expectancy in his hospital bed, and Fergus, who is grieving over the loss of their child. It's an exciting story that will make you cry right from the start. Even though it's because he's sick, the feelings of Richard, who is bothering his sister but is frightened by loneliness and fear of death, are also clearly depicted, and since they are both health care workers, I feel that the reality that death cannot be separated is spurring the story. I can't read without tears the sight of Fergus, who lost his daughter and no place to live, and Guinee, who lost her older brother, looking forward to each other and snuggling up and encouraging each other. There are people who direct malice at complicated family structures, and the attitude of having to confront them, and the episode that cheers you up that you're not alone when helpers are nearby is depicted here and there, and it's heart-breaking because a life that cannot be easily talked about with love alone is depicted here and there. However, it would have been perfect if it was written a little too neatly and depicts fear, conflict, and true intentions about “death,” which is even more muddy. Even so, they are fighting back against malice, and the story has come to an end with Maddie's honesty as a reassuring element.

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