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by Laura Lascarso (Goodreads Author)

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Hi there! I'm really intrigued by this book but I'm not sure which one I should attack first. The Bravest Thing or Hiroku, since it's flagged as a prequel? Any advice?

Laura Lascarso I think you should go for Hiroku first, because even though I wrote it second, it lives in sequential order and will give more meaning to The Bravest …moreI think you should go for Hiroku first, because even though I wrote it second, it lives in sequential order and will give more meaning to The Bravest Thing, having read it. Also, ending with TBT will bring you more closure (I think).(less)

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Hi, I’m Japanese. I’m very baffled by the name HIROKU coz it’s not even a name. Hayashi is a common enough Japanese surname meaning ‘forest’. What does Hiroku mean? Japanese names comprised of kanji always mean something. Hiroku is, if anything, an adverb meaning ‘widely’, but no Japanese parents in their right minds would give their kids adverbs as names. Where did this non-Japanese Japanese name come from?

Laura Lascarso I invented this name, 広苦 You're right in that no parent in their right mind would give their child this name. It is perhaps a situation where I took a…moreI invented this name, 広苦 You're right in that no parent in their right mind would give their child this name. It is perhaps a situation where I took a liberty that I shouldn't have.(less)

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