Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
79 reviews
bellebookcorner's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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
I read the Indonesian translated version, so my review is in Indonesian this time :)
“Tidak ada yang tahu hati seseorang. Ketika kita sendiri sedang kebingungan, perasaan orang yang penting bagi kita pun bisa terabaikan.”
Kembali lagi di café Funiculi Funicula yang menceritakan 4 kisah berbeda dan bertemu Kazu, si pegawai yang dapat mengantar orang-orang yang datang ke café tersebut untuk melakukan perjalanan waktu.
Menurutku, buku kedua ini jauh lebih sedih dan menyayat hati, beberapa kali aku nangis saat baca yang ini. Mungkin karena topiknya lebih mengarah tentang hubungan anak dan orangtua dan juga tentang orang yang sudah tiada. Mau tidak mau cara satu-satunya adalah untuk kembali ke masa lalu.
Hal positif lainnya dari buku ini adalah bisa dibaca tanpa harus membaca buku yang pertama jika lupa, karena akan ada beberapa ‘flashback’ dan aturan untuk bisa melakukan perjalanan waktu juga akan dijelaskan kembali.
Walaupun ceritanya berasa seperti diulang-ulang tapi, aku tetep enjoy baca buku ini.
Overall, buku ini merupakan sekuel yang sangat bagus untuk serial ’Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ , kita bisa belajar banyak hal dari pesan-pesan hebat yang tersebar di sepanjang cerita!
Beberapa misteri tentang café itu akhirnya terjawab dan aku juga puas dengan ending setiap ceritanya. Ga sabar buat baca buku yang ketiga nantinya!
Novel tipis ini pas banget buat orang yang ingin membaca perpaduan genre fantasi dan ‘slice of life’.
Highly recommended!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Pregnancy
ivulikkivulik's review against another edition
3.0
Repetetive not only from book one to book two, not only from chapter to chaper but from paragraph to paragraph.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
madisone's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Death
Moderate: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts
mikaelaandherbooks's review
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Grief
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Cancer
hannaelisab's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-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
3.75
these short stories were very enjoyable to read - I immediately lent the book to my friend after finishing it. i accidentally picked up the sequel before reading the first iteration, but it luckily didn't matter to much. especially the last short story touched me deeply, and i annotated a lot!! unfortunately, the english translations were a bit wonky at times. i wish i could've read the original version, but unfortunately i can't read japanese lol.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Suicidal thoughts
myynverse's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
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
5.0
This book is the first book to make me legitimately cry... The way the story connects each visit to one another is so beautiful. I also adored the characters featured in this book - they all brought so much to the words on the page. It felt as if the words were transformed into a scene around me, letting me view their lives from an omnipresent gaze. The world-building from the previous book also sets up such amazing imagery and helps us feel as if this is much more than a book; almost as if it was a portal to Funiculi Funicula. I definitely recommend this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, and Miscarriage
Minor: Pregnancy
prism_'s review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts
dlrosebyh's review
emotional
reflective
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
3.25
A café in a little back lane in Tokyo has been selling properly made coffee for more than a century. However, this coffee shop provides its patrons with a one-of-a-kind experience: the opportunity to journey back in time.
Tales from the Cafe, by the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, is a narrative about four new customers, each of whom hopes to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer.
Readers of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's previous novel will acknowledge the following characters: the man who returns to see his best friend who died 22 years ago, the son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeral, the man who traveled to see the girl he could not marry, and the old detective who never gave his wife a gift.
This lovely, straightforward novel talks about people who must confront their past in order to go on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again asks the reader to consider what they would alter if they could travel back in time.
I liked this book better than the last one. I was screaming, crying, and throwing up. My therapist will hear about this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Cancer
kymberly's review
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"you're allowed to be happy..."
i have never given back-to-back books in a series a 5-star review, but I see there's a first for everything; if I could create a 'favorites' list on here, this would absolutely be on there
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
geminifide's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Medical content