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El Primer Café del Día / Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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itsheyfay's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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kelly_e's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted 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

2.75

Title: Before Your Memory Fades
Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Series: Before the Coffee Get Cold #3
Genre: Magical Realism
Rating: 2.75
Pub Date: November 15, 2022

T H R E E • W O R D S

Satisfying • Reflective • Repetitive

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Before Your Memory Fades offers another story of four customers, each wanting to take advantage of the café's unique opportunity to travel in time. We meet a daughter, a comedian, a sister and a lover, each with something they wish they had said differently.

💭 T H O U G H T S

The first two books in the series were a comforting escape from life, so I was looking forward to picking up this third installment. Unfortunately, this was my least favourite of the three. The unnecessary repetition of the rules is beginning to feel redundant, and the four tales felt like the author was reusing ideas from the previous books. Nothing felt new besides a different location, which I wasn't a fan of.

I'd have liked more more insight into the ghost aspect, and I think this was a missed opportunity by the author to add and explore something new to the series. I am of the impression that some of the power of this series remains lost in translation. I'd consider continuing if there was a fourth book, simply for the reflective nature of the concept exploring the value of our time, of our families, of our friendships, and of our lives.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• fans of the series
• readers looking for a light, cozy read

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"It takes talent not to give up." 
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ojr's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Third book in the series and it made me hopeful, then broke my heart, made me tear up, then made me hopeful and broke my heart again. I loved every single book in the series and was looking forward for this one too. Some stories became a lil bit repetitive and it was easy to guess the ending, but I loved the book nonetheless !
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alexisgarcia's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

i don’t understand how Kawaguchi continues to write such phenomenal books despite them having the same layout and overall themes. they hit every time and never fail to make me sob. the character development is amazing and the dialogue is so good too. this is definitely a must-read series. i would literally read Kawaguchi’s grocery list. 
please read the trigger warnings!!!
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