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

19 reviews

grace_alice's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Medical content

mirireads's review

sad medium-paced

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

2.75

The structure is very repetitive.
I don't appreciate the author's messages concerning pregnancy, miscarriage and giving your life up for a child.
The intention of the message is sweet but the delivery leaves a bigger aftertaste. It wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, and Car accident

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

emotional 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: Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Death, Terminal illness, Cancer, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Car accident, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt and Car accident

eva_k's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Much like the first book, Tales from the Café continues to have the unique capability of giving you the same warm and cozy feeling as a warm cup of coffee. Specifically, a warm cup of coffee that makes you cry and helps you learn how to be happy.

I especially loved the use of the seasons in this novel, I felt like the gradual changing of seasons in each story perfectly accented the mood that was supposed to be carried across to the reader. And, while the stories themselves were pretty similar to those in the first book, Kawaguchi still found beautiful ways to make them interesting and just as touching (if not more, since I feel like I could personally relate to some of these stories more than those in the first novel). I also loved that Kawaguchi made the effort to further the development of Nagare and especially Kazu's characters; it absolutely warmed my heart to see Nagare interacting with his daughter and finally having a glimpse into both Kazu's life outside of the café and her internal struggles truly made this book worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

books_and_rainydays's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

"Antes que o café arrefeça", o livro anterior a este, é um dos meus livros favoritos por isso quando vi este à venda fiquei muito entusiasmada e comprei-o de imediato. Visto que adorei o primeiro livro, comecei "De Regresso a Tóquio" com expectativas muito altas. Isto poderia ter dado para o torto caso este livro não atingisse as minhas expectativas, no entanto, assim como o anterior este também me fez sentir os sentimentos e dilemas das personagens como se fossem meus e envolveu-me novamente no ambiente do café Funiculi Funicala com a sua iluminação acolhedora e o cheiro de café acabado de fazer. As novas personagens introduzidas e as suas respetivas histórias são feitas de uma bela complexidade tipicamente humana dando ainda mais prazer à leitura deste livro. Concluindo, recomendo muito este livro, assim como o anterior.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Minor: Pregnancy, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

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

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

Yes, it's sappy but I really enjoyed this book. It keeps the same formula as the first one, with all of the rules of time travel, and asks what it means to choose to be happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Murder

elysh_kaye's review

emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

sketchydelusion's review against another edition

lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Death