Reviews

Antes que o café arrefeça by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

nina_kim's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

zttd's review against another edition

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

5.0

kbulovic's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

maddiemo's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

purplelohse's review

emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

teavani's review against another edition

3.0

3.8
read in 2 days

a collection of 4 tales from a cafe in which visitors can travel through time (as long as they follow a set of prescribed rules). follows the relationships between a woman and her partner who’s leaving the country, a woman who’s husband has dementia, a pair of estranged sisters, and a mother and her future daughter.

- really simple but clear writing without a lot of flowery prose
- beginning introduces a cast of characters that you should pay attention to so you’re not lost when we follow Kazu, Kei, and others
- the caveat is that whatever you do during your time travel doesn’t affect the events in the present. although this may make it seem useless, the book shows that just by making up those regretted last conversations and saying what needed to be said can provide closure and peace in the present, even if the circumstances remain unchanged

jennc0720's review against another edition

4.0

I picked this book up because it was an “If you liked the Midnight Library”….I’m giving it 3.5 rounded up. Had I not read Midnight Library first I may have liked this one more. It wasnt terrible but the writing style wasn’t for me. It almost felt like a lot got lost in translation. I had planned on buying the other 2 in the series but I’m not sold on that idea any longer.

jsph_13's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

roughly_s's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

charitymonroe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.75