Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

106 reviews

natnurdock's review

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion

blizznya's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content and Abortion

rucha_s's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.0

It's a cute concept sprinkled with an assortment of quirky characters. The stereotypes really rankled my nerves but more than that, I found the repetitive nature of the book quite tedious. It is likely the main reason I couldn't really 'connect' with the stories on an emotional level. An easy breezy summer read, but unfortunately not one of those books that I can say left a lasting impression on me .

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Abortion

erisouls's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Loved this book but the blurb on the front is misleading. The whole shtick is that you can’t change anything by sitting in the chair. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Dementia

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

lolamelie's review

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Chronic illness and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Death, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

bekiethebanished's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Abortion

grace_cr1's review

emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

dexlud's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is a fabulous book about a coffee shop where a certain seat in a coffee shop can transport the user through time. I love how much Kawaguchi explores this universe, and I find the stories so wholesome and gut-wrenchingly sad at the same time. As soon as I finished this book, I ordered the 2nd book in the series as I was so excited to read them! If anyone is thinking about reading this book, I would definitely recommend it. The world that Kawaguchi has created is so fantastical and you create a massive attachment to these characters. I adore how much information is revealed throughout each of the stories, and how each story adds new information to the info bank in your brain about the cafe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Child death and Abortion

odette_tbdk'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Buen libro. Son una serie de historias que pasan dentro del café, todos los personajes se relacionan entre sí y aparecen en las secciones de los otros. Trata muchos temas y se puede llegar a sentir un poco abrumador, pero sí llega a dar el mensaje que quiere y juega con el tema fantástico del viaje en el tiempo de una manera divertida y comprensible.

Un punto negativo es que a veces los personajes femeninos toman decisiones que no parecen propias o muy en plan "esto es lo que debo de hacer porque soy mujer", no está tan presente, pero es algo que a muchas personas pareció disgustarles y me parece razonable. Aún así, no arruinó mi experiencia al leerlo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Abortion, Death, Car accident, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol

h_andreanne's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Medical content, and Pregnancy