Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'
Antes que o café arrefeça by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
8 reviews
httponyo's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness
Minor: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship
emilyelysian's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Death, and Dementia
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
cturn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Grief, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abortion and Gun violence
hayleyvem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Abandonment
kappafrog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
However, the writing style was off-puttingly clunky. When I found out it was originally a play, it made more sense. Much more work should have gone into making it readable as a novel. There were many repetitive descriptions pointing out the obvious.
Most of the main characters are women, but it's obvious they were written by a man. They conform too closely to stock types with emphasis on familial duty. I was most intrigued by the inscrutable waitress Kazu, but her development was very haphazard.
Still, I liked reading this book and enjoy the premise enough to check out the sequels.
Graphic: Car accident, Dementia, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Medical content, Death, Grief, Infertility, and Terminal illness
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol
rosegoes3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It was sad. and kind of reflective? But I still feel like I missed the point of it because either way it wasn’t real? The last story is the saddest.
One of those books where you don’t get the middle until you get to the end.
The tone of it is very straightforward and to-the-point, which may be a translation thing, but made it hard for me to get attached to the book.
Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship
sarah984's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This novel is an adaptation of a play of the same name, which explains why it's so dialogue-driven and all takes place in a single room.
Graphic: Death, Dementia, and Grief
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion
Abortion is mentioned as an option for a pregnant character who is ill, but she decides against it.