Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

8 reviews

franklola's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Murder, and Violence

robinks's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad tense medium-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

5.0

It was so nice to revisit some of the characters from Before the Coffee Gets Cold and meet new characters whose stories get interwoven as well. The characters relationships and development are so beautiful to read through, and the writing feels like drinking a warm cup of coffee.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Cancer

idkgaby's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

Liked this more than the first book! Loved the way they

Spoiler

gave Kazu more depth in this one.

I was afraid the sequel wasn’t going to be as good as the first and that the stories of the people who time-travelled in the second book wouldn’t be as compelling as those who did in the first. Glad I was proven wrong!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Violence

notenoughnewts's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Violence and Miscarriage

minalinalu's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad fast-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

4.0

Actually never tought I would enjoy a "part 2" book that much but this one was a very light and comfoting read, the book managed to keep me entertainted while not rushing the story giving every character a acceptabel amount of time of devolpment.
The only problem I had with this book was that it never fully gave characters a original and fully writen personality, only their trauma is getting explained so that you can easliy forget the character but not the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Violence, Death, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

lvr105's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Death, and Violence

alexisgarcia's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

This was such a great sequel. One of the best i’ve read. I absolutely loved the first book and this one gave me the same warm hopeful feeling. We got to learn more about the characters, uncover unfinished ends from the first book, and get some closure on some things. It is such a phenomenal series. It is warm, heartwarming but also sad, and really helps you focus on the good of life and death. I recommend these books to everyone. I think these could be great for anyone with regrets or with loss of a person. I will read these again and again. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, Injury/injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

navayiota's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy