Reviews tagging 'Death'

Antes que o café arrefeça by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

621 reviews

emmakik's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Moderate: Medical content and Death

princessdeia's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy

erisouls's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Loved this book but the blurb on the front is misleading. The whole shtick is that you can’t change anything by sitting in the chair. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Dementia

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

Minor: Abortion, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

vixenreader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

3.75

A meditative novel on how we reflect on the past and future, there is a humanity and empathy that resides in the pages of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

If you have gone through a break-up, the death of a loved one, watching someone lose their memories, and/or know that they were going to die, be prepared to feel those emotions intensely while reading this book.

hannahmaep's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I picked this book up because I loved the premise, and I still do. At the heart of this book was a beautiful message and throughout, a playful sense of humour. 

However, the writing style was not my personal preference and made it difficult to get through this book. I would describe the language as informative, with excessive factual explanations about Alzheimer's or pregnancy and other unnecessary things interrupting the flow of the story, just as I started to feel connected to the characters. It also made me feel quite patronised as a reader. 

Aside from that the stories themselves were moving, and the characters were woven neatly into one another's lives. I just didn't feel overly invested.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Death, and Dementia

melissalaura's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

This is a beautiful read that had me hypnotized from the beginning.  Each of the four stories pulled at my heart strings, particularly the last one where I ugly cried to the end!  I love the underlying message of accepting the past and valuing relationships, it really is relatable.  I usually enjoy a happy ending but it somehow wouldn't have been appropriate, the end was perfectly emotional.  This book is definitely up there as one of my favourite books of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Grief, and Death

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

Minor: Miscarriage

viviane_'s review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Dementia and Death

yamooz's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I made me sob, so It's a 5/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

lolamelie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Chronic illness and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Death, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

bekiethebanished's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

Graphic: Terminal illness, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Abortion