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Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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exlibris_aj's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

simone_hocner's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.75

hyac1nthgirl's review against another edition

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emotional 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

3.5

though this was my least favorite of the series, the second & fourth stories made me tear up. other than that i had a lot of issues with the other stories, especially the first one that i don't have the energy to explain lol. overall, though those 2 stories were nice, i don't feel like this book added much to the atmosphere of the series. ALSO in this book they basically completely ignore the rule that you need to know the exact time you want to go to???

kstrpllx's review against another edition

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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

3.5

kylethewild's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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

3.0

As repetitive as it can get to go over the rules for time travelling with every story in every book, I still like the concept of this series. But mostly I wish we could get some answers mixed in with these sad little stories.
How/when did the time travelling start? How did they figure out the rules? How are there two cafes? There are so many things that I want to know, and even though it feels a bit too optimistic, I hope some of my questions are answered in the fifth book.

Also I was 100% expecting nothing but sad lil stories, but to throw in

a dog

?? How dare you