Thank you Grand Central Publishing for the gifted copy of The Lantern of Lost Memories!  All opinions in this review are my own.

"Each of my guests selects their favourite photos, and they end up on this lantern."

We have all heard that your life flashes before your eyes before you die, but I like that The Lantern of Lost Memories explores the idea of what if you were able to choose what you saw.

Mr. Hirasaka meets each character after they die and helps them sort through their photos to choose the ones they want to include on their lantern.  There is a photo for each day that they were alive and they even have an opportunity to go back to one day to take a new photo of it.

Although the subject of The Lantern of Lost Memories is heavy, the book itself is reflective.  It allows each character to remember their life and go back to a meaningful day.  There are three stories told within the novel and a little more about Mr. Hirasaka is revealed with each one.

If you are a fan of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, you have to read The Lantern of Lost Memories!