The worst part was the fatalism

I like the one where he wouldn't eat his soup, and when he dies, his family leaves the soup on his grave

I guess bridge to terebinthia I read late enough that it wasn't traumatizing, and the beautiful image of a room that lights up gold in the sunset stuck with me until today.

Otoh we got an audiobook with a picture of two kids smiling riding bicycles for the car ride on a trip to the beach one year, and like 30 minutes in, one of the kids died and that was awful.

Retro computing is a fun hobby though. I enjoy keeping the PC I built in 2006 running and out of the landfill