Reviews - Before We Say Goodbye

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Before We Say Goodbye

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.89 AVERAGE

koiboi's review against another edition

4.5

lighthearted reflective 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: Complicated

freya_222's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

etibbs314's review against another edition

5.0

I laughed, I cried, I finished the book and immediately went to the book store to buy the first book.

lexiichuter's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective relaxing 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

giddi_about_books's review against another edition

3.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Book 4 of 4 currently released! I have to say I was slightly confused when I opened this book to find that the reading order has changed. I now understand why, but I wasn’t expecting to go back to between book 1 and 2.

I would suggest to anyone that wants to read this series to put this as book 2- just so you have the chronology.

Kazu is a queen- and the stories really did get me. Books like this remind me that a rating system sometimes doesn’t work as I really did enjoy them but can’t give them high stars.

3 ⭐️

Pros:
✅ Cosy Japanese translation
✅ Time travel with a purpose (but you also can’t change anything)
✅ Reflective on your life and the persons around you- I sobbed at some of the stories

Cons:
⭕️ There is always a story I just don’t enjoy
⭕️ There is only so many times I can hear the same rules in different ways and not learn more about them

sugar_popppp's review against another edition

5.0

I completed this today at 7 am, this is the fourth part of the series called before the coffee gets cold, and after reading this I'm sure that no matter how many books I will read in japanese literature, this series is going to be my most favorite.

_lovemenot's review against another edition

2.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i'm only giving it a 2⭐ because i seriously believe that the first first two books were enough and maybe if the author so desperately wanted to stretch the story, then maybe the third one should have been the end of the series because it got very repetitive and i easily got bored when a particular chapter wasn't as interesting as the last.

i'm not very fond of how overused filler words are in the series as a whole and it got too much in this novel especially being the fourth one, filler words like "er..., um.., etc," was too much of a common occurrence and made it look like the author lacked in his literary skills when that isn't particularly the case when we look back at the first and second novel. i also wasn't too fond of the unnecessary dialogue as well, it felt like the author needed to make the characters say something just to add to the total word count. but despite the repetitiveness and other downsides of the novel, i folded each time i got to a really good chapter and that's what i like about this series, is that each new character's story is vastly different from the last although they've come to the cafe for the same purpose. what kept and keeps me coming back was how each of their experiences were different and how invested i became to see how it all turned out in the end.

i could definitely see why this particular series wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea after maybe the second, and even the first book, but i unfortunately fold everytime as my eagerness to find out how it all turns out is too strong for me to ignore.