Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

13 reviews

maddykes13's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Abandonment, Grief, Chronic illness, Dementia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Car accident, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Minor: Medical content

sophtanda's review

emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Car accident

melissalaura's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

This is a beautiful read that had me hypnotized from the beginning.  Each of the four stories pulled at my heart strings, particularly the last one where I ugly cried to the end!  I love the underlying message of accepting the past and valuing relationships, it really is relatable.  I usually enjoy a happy ending but it somehow wouldn't have been appropriate, the end was perfectly emotional.  This book is definitely up there as one of my favourite books of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage

keelymightread's review

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

timeforproblems's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, and Miscarriage

lokiwii's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Car accident

Minor: Miscarriage

nojerama's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Self harm, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abortion, Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Grief

lynshelf's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

solybugs's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I have no words... it's just an utter masterpiece. The idea of the book itself, a coffee shop where you can travel back in time, sounds like something straight out of a Studio Ghibli movie, or the like. It made me cry almost four times. Easy 5/5 stars. One of my favorites of all time. I will recommend this to EVERYONE from now on.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident

Chronic illness is Alzheimer's and the car accident and miscarriage are not experienced firsthand but are mentioned numerous times and possibly described. Never graphically, however.

aisclaradm's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Gorgeous book that is so easy to read and so beautifully written. Being adapted from a play, it is very play-like in the setting and the way it reads, which made it all the more interesting. I loved the characters and I loved the way that the different stories overlapped ever so slightly. Really really enjoyed this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Dementia

Minor: Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Abandonment