Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

136 reviews

reiniac's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

stop making me cry so much

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident

xbernadette's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

franklola's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Alcohol, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Grief

kajasversion's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

5.0

I was sobbing already half way through. The stories are all so connected even though they may seem like the people are from completely different worlds. It shows how powerful regrets can be and how our life can turn around when we least expect it. The stories felt so real and it made my heart break for all the pain the characters go through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death of parent

adig13's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

sobbed my fucking eyes out. this book is so beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Chronic illness, Dementia, Grief, Medical content, and Pregnancy

flightlessfinch's review

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

this book totally enthralled me. i read most of it on a flight and the ending had me actually crying in a ryanair plane so there’s that

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Pregnancy

myynverse'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I feel like my rating of the book is awkward because of the four short stories it contained. While I loved them all and the connection they all shared, some stories were better than others (story two and story four). However, I loved how we explore the nature of bonds through this. A desire to travel time, despite not being able to do anything long-lasting, just to meet with someone once again. You can see how much change can occur, even if the only thing that changes is your perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Chronic illness, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

aliyachaudhry'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Dementia, Car accident, Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, and Death of parent

meg_sc's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

A short but thought provoking read. A very gentle writing style with an emotional thread running throughout the separate stories. I keep thinking about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

ophelia's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Chronic illness