Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

388 reviews

julierambaeck's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

3.5

I thought this would be more sad - it was, but at the same time hopeful. A melancholic read about regret, love and time. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion

anne_reader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, and Death

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Sweet and fun sci-fi book. Is it all that groundbreaking? No. Is it a cool short read? Yeah. The characters are very flat and undeveloped and the whole book is short but its fun and definitely different. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Grief, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Death

glyza'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? It's complicated

4.5

Never thought i’d cry my eyes out while reading this, looking forward to crying some more with the rest of this series :,]

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Grief, and Car accident

sadie_g's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

Love the concept of this book and how it played out and how the stories intertwine together. I ended up getting a lot more emotional than I thought I would at the end of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Chronic illness

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, and Car accident

josiee's review

reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Terminal illness, Car accident, Chronic illness, Dementia, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy

hannahfreyvogel'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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Dementia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident

ceruleanseas's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

hretzkin's review

dark 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

2.5

I liked how creative the idea was, I think it was a unique time travel story. I enjoyed the first three stories and the idea of using time travel to change yourself in the present. Absolutely despised the last story though. It contradicted the message of the first story, or at least how I interpreted it. You can't change the past but you can change the future since it isn't fixed. The last story made it seem like the future is also fixed. 

There's definitely some weird gender stuff as all the people who go back are women. 

It is a translated book so some of the prose is a bit repetitive but I tried to focus on the themes of the book beyond the writing.

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Content Warnings

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

likeagilmoregirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Death

Moderate: Dementia, Pregnancy, and Abandonment