Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

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

49 reviews

ancymon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

piękna książka, daje dużo do myślenia. ale widać że jest napisana przez mężczyznę po tym ile razy faceci mówią Kazu żeby zdecydowała się urodzić dziecko, gdy jeden z nich nawet jej nie zna 🤡

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

arturo_luzen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

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

gracescanlon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

Wonderful and well-executed concept; poignant stories with relatable and incredibly lovable characters.

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Content Warnings

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

httponyo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

knifecryptid's review

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing 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

3.0

An easy and relaxing read. I, personally, prefer the first book, but still enjoyed this one. Loved all the callbacks to events and characters from the first book, and getting some answers to questions that were left unanswered at the end of the first one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

Minor: Murder

jadee_elisa's review

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

amgarrido's review

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Grief, Death, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

emilywemily6's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

This was an enjoyable, quick read. The translation is pretty poetic. My biggest gripe is when medical issues are brought up- you can tell the author doesn’t know much about illness/injury, so it’s a good thing those issues are only mentioned in passing. This book shares a handful of stories about visitors to the café and also may inspire you as you consider what you may say or do if you could go back in time for a few minutes to visit someone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

augie_'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

claudia_moreira's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Terminal illness