Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

17 reviews

taytots24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Dementia, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy

colossuscrunch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Grief, and Car accident

cnannery19's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

abnormal_shadow's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.5

A chair eases 4 cafe employees minds and everyone cries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol

ninajansen_'s review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Dementia

hendrixpants's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death of parent

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Cute book. Similar to a number of books I read in college as part of my Japanese literature classes. More a book of short stories loosely tied together with a cafe, but good enough that I’ll read book two in the series next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Dementia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

readwthsam's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

jjjjo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

dexlud's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is a fabulous book about a coffee shop where a certain seat in a coffee shop can transport the user through time. I love how much Kawaguchi explores this universe, and I find the stories so wholesome and gut-wrenchingly sad at the same time. As soon as I finished this book, I ordered the 2nd book in the series as I was so excited to read them! If anyone is thinking about reading this book, I would definitely recommend it. The world that Kawaguchi has created is so fantastical and you create a massive attachment to these characters. I adore how much information is revealed throughout each of the stories, and how each story adds new information to the info bank in your brain about the cafe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Abortion