Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Antes que o café arrefeça by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

27 reviews

jackiie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Sexism, Grief, and Misogyny

Moderate: Car accident and Pregnancy

sk_09's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

It was my first time reading a Japanese book, and I found this one really comforting. The vibe of the cafe was described well. The pace was a bit slow, but as you become invested in the characters and their life stories it becomes more interesting. I especially loved the last two stories instead of the first two. The language was a bit too simple, I guess it's because of the translation, but it served it's didactic purpose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Death

timeforproblems's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, and Miscarriage

esalan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Car accident, Dementia, Grief, and Mental illness

blewballoon's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing slow-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

I was really looking forward to this, but I ended up disappointed. I listened to this on audiobook and I don't think that helped. The translated prose is extremely redundant and clunky.

Spoiler

We had to hear the rules about time travel at least 5 times, but it felt like 50.

For an already short book, it feels like it could have been so much shorter. The characters felt like one-dimensional cliches and 

Spoiler

each trip to the past resulted in the most predictable outcome. I don't mind things being predictable in general, but there was so little substance to make it worth reading.

I love the idea of the premise, but it felt like a drag the entire time.

Spoiler

Mildly disappointed there is no cat in the book despite there being one on the cover.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

mikaylawood's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Death, Mental illness, and Car accident

madisone's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Though the first story was my least favourite, it introduced a very important set of characters. As the stories progressed, I fell more and more in love with them and their lives and I knew that the end of the book would bring me an immense amount of devastation. I wasn’t wrong. The book delves into the lives of such interesting characters and I had to hold back tears multiple times, especially towards the end of the book. Truly a beautiful story, with different themes, but mostly the different ways grief can present itself. The translation was amazing and flowed beautifully, so I take my hat off to Geoffrey Trousselot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Mental illness

travellingbibliomaniac's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Car accident

nojerama's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Self harm, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abortion, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Grief

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Spoiler

I liked the concept of this book. Traveling to the past and future without changing the present is cool and different. The characters are also lovable. There are a lot of moments that are sad, but satisfaction follows. The only thing I wish that it had a bigger climax. The plot twist is expected, too,o so there's that. But, overall, I liked this and will definitely read the rest of the series.✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Pregnancy