A review by blewballoon
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

emotional reflective relaxing slow-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? No

3.0

I was really looking forward to this, but I ended up disappointed. I listened to this on audiobook and I don't think that helped. The translated prose is extremely redundant and clunky.
We had to hear the rules about time travel at least 5 times, but it felt like 50.
For an already short book, it feels like it could have been so much shorter. The characters felt like one-dimensional cliches and 
each trip to the past resulted in the most predictable outcome. I don't mind things being predictable in general, but there was so little substance to make it worth reading.
I love the idea of the premise, but it felt like a drag the entire time.
Mildly disappointed there is no cat in the book despite there being one on the cover.
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