Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

69 reviews

kappafrog's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

l1brarygirl's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A

4.0

 I was at first turned off by what seemed like a repeat of the original cafe story, but throughout the stories, I grew to care for these new (and old) characters -- that ending though

I cried so hard

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death and Death of parent

stoola_pz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

ok, slay but what happened in the last three pages ??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

This third volume was the saddest of the series so far, but I loved the change of scene and the device of the book to tie the stories together. It is also nice to see the recurring characters continue to grow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, Car accident, and Abortion

jemappellecat's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

amyayeme's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

I've only read this one and 'Before the Coffee Goes Cold' and felt that this was a little flat in comparison. Don't get me wrong, it still hits the heart strings, but I felt that the stories were less gripping. I suppose this is part of what happens when the characters all go through the same act of goes through the past. Like those working at the café, perhaps the reader loses the feeling of being emotional as the concept becomes more familiar.

aseel_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

I liked the little morales that we got from this book but there was too many characters for me to get invested in their story 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

tomoonarmy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

vkara4191's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

This was a lovely read, as the prior two books have been. If you are easily emotional, be prepared to sob at deaths past and present (not exactly a spoiler as people often return to the past to visit dead loved ones). This book took a sadder and darker turn with an eventual pivot to hopefulness for happiness in the future. One that does not rely on the physics presence of others.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Death is never graphic, just very emotional and never desired

sketchydelusion's review against another edition

hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy