A review by _tabby_
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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? It's complicated
4.25
Before the Coffee gets cold reflects on the idea of loss and change that people have not dealt with and plays on the question about the point of returning to the past if you cannot change the future. Is there any point? And what choice would you make if you had the option to return but no power to change the outcome?
It follows multiple kinds of relationships over a variation of characters and shows how their decisions change their mindsets of their present selves if the present hasn't even changed. The characters themselves are reoccurring so you meet them multiple times throughout the book and can see them develop as their experiences and choices effect them themselves even though the situation and life around them has not.
And man... the last two stories had me crying
It follows multiple kinds of relationships over a variation of characters and shows how their decisions change their mindsets of their present selves if the present hasn't even changed. The characters themselves are reoccurring so you meet them multiple times throughout the book and can see them develop as their experiences and choices effect them themselves even though the situation and life around them has not.
And man... the last two stories had me crying
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Grief, and Terminal illness