11.3k reviews for:

Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.99 AVERAGE

choicepotatoes's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

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i'm loving the larger story supported by the smaller stories. it will be interesting to see which character(s) the larger story focuses on next.

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as a forever-in-the-beginning-stages student of japanese, these stories are surprisingly straightforward to read.

literaryescapade's review against another edition

3.0

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Whole following the same storylines to a T, this collection felt more like it was a wannabe of the first. I did enjoy the running themes between the four shorts though - learning more lore of the store and how it can move people through time gives it more depth. 

faerryn's review against another edition

4.0

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Another banger

rambeaux's review against another edition

3.5

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

chenyinyin's review against another edition

3.0

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expansion of the universe. i liked reading about kazu.

mintlj's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bibliophile_bliss's review against another edition

3.0

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I enjoyed the first one better, and this one felt a little repetitive. But still it was heartbreaking and the stories were really enjoyable.

annaweijs's review against another edition

3.0

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yaaaaas

alaures71's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

itsmeiii's review against another edition

4.75

emotional 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

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oh this one broke me actually this series is actually horrible and painful and beautiful like wowwww….maybe nothing will beat the alzheimers story from book 1 but wow….pain…..the one about the mom was so sad