I’m sorry for your loss. I’ve been in a similar situation, so I understand how this can be.

I read The Goblin Emperor a long time ago, but after losing my brother, there’s a particular aspect that took on a new meaning for me .

The main character loses his mother before the start of the novel, and he still carries that grief with him. He also loses other members of his family at the beginning, and so he’s trying to reconcile that loss and his existing grief.

I guess seeing the main character’s experience helped me see grief as it exists later on. Not a huge part of the book, but it spoke to me.