Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

52 reviews

val_theburrowofstories'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

bellebookcorner's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 “Tidak ada yang tahu hati seseorang. Ketika kita sendiri sedang kebingungan, perasaan orang yang penting bagi kita pun bisa terabaikan.”

Kembali lagi di café Funiculi Funicula yang menceritakan 4 kisah berbeda dan bertemu Kazu, si pegawai yang dapat mengantar orang-orang yang datang ke café tersebut untuk melakukan perjalanan waktu.

Menurutku, buku kedua ini jauh lebih sedih dan menyayat hati, beberapa kali aku nangis saat baca yang ini. Mungkin karena topiknya lebih mengarah tentang hubungan anak dan orangtua dan juga tentang orang yang sudah tiada. Mau tidak mau cara satu-satunya adalah untuk kembali ke masa lalu.

Hal positif lainnya dari buku ini adalah bisa dibaca tanpa harus membaca buku yang pertama jika lupa, karena akan ada beberapa ‘flashback’ dan aturan untuk bisa melakukan perjalanan waktu juga akan dijelaskan kembali.
Walaupun ceritanya berasa seperti diulang-ulang tapi, aku tetep enjoy baca buku ini.

Overall, buku ini merupakan sekuel yang sangat bagus untuk serial ’Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ , kita bisa belajar banyak hal dari pesan-pesan hebat yang tersebar di sepanjang cerita!
Beberapa misteri tentang café itu akhirnya terjawab dan aku juga puas dengan ending setiap ceritanya. Ga sabar buat baca buku yang ketiga nantinya!

Novel tipis ini pas banget buat orang yang ingin membaca perpaduan genre fantasi dan ‘slice of life’.
Highly recommended! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy

lillucys's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

My review from reading Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Tales from the Café in 2020 ~ "A very intriguing ghost-like novel of 4 different yet interlinking stories. I am not normally someone who would read this genre of book but I really loved it!"

3 years later and I have now read the next novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the coffee gets cold ~ Tales from the Café. Some of the same faces appear in this story as featured in the first book and we learn more about their lives along with the 4 people who come to travel back, or forward, in time, in the hope of sharing one last moment with a friend, a mother, a lover, a wife. Another wonderful set of stories in one cover and I look forward to reading the next instalment. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Cancer, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

viviundworte'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Medical content, Car accident, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ancymon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

piękna książka, daje dużo do myślenia. ale widać że jest napisana przez mężczyznę po tym ile razy faceci mówią Kazu żeby zdecydowała się urodzić dziecko, gdy jeden z nich nawet jej nie zna 🤡

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

arturo_luzen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Blood, Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Death, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

gracescanlon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

Wonderful and well-executed concept; poignant stories with relatable and incredibly lovable characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Grief, Pregnancy, and Violence

httponyo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

knifecryptid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

An easy and relaxing read. I, personally, prefer the first book, but still enjoyed this one. Loved all the callbacks to events and characters from the first book, and getting some answers to questions that were left unanswered at the end of the first one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

Minor: Murder

jadee_elisa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage