Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

148 reviews

gossameralbum's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i didn't particularly care for the first or third story, however the second story made me silently cry, my heart broke into pieces when i realized what was happening in the last one.
fumiko's story felt so superficial and shallow that i didn't know if i was going to continue reading the book however, as pages go by you end up loving the characters as if they're a part of your life. i'd say it's a book worth reading as it is very atmospheric and it makes you reflect & feel a certain tenderness about living.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Car accident and Gun violence

captainnat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion

vb_marie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

An original story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Dementia, Death, and Grief

rubybastille's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Apparently this was originally a play and I think the story would be more successful in that format. It’s hard to say how much of the writing style is original to the playwright and how much is because of translation. The concept is interesting but not very thoroughly fleshed-out (despite all the rules) and the character’s decisions/reactions to their time-traveling felt a little moralistic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death of parent

cocopeia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

koplomps's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Car accident, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

paradicsomleves's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Grief, and Death

blizznya's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content and Abortion

ealasaid_sch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness