Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Tales from the Cafe: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

29 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Violence, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Terminal illness

Minor: Murder and Sexism

karalara's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Cancer

franklola's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Murder, and Violence

mirireads's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

2.75

The structure is very repetitive.
I don't appreciate the author's messages concerning pregnancy, miscarriage and giving your life up for a child.
The intention of the message is sweet but the delivery leaves a bigger aftertaste. It wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, and Car accident

stardustdreamer'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Death, Terminal illness, Cancer, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Car accident, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt and Car accident

chloelj27's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

With this following on 6 years after Before the Coffee Gets Cold, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, but I loved the old characters still being a main focus as well as new characters being introduced. 

All the stories again were so beautiful to read and heartbreaking, each in their own ways. I definitely felt that this book made me more emotional than the first. There were times where things felt a little repetitive again and a bit slow in places, but it soon picked back up and hit you right in the heart! 

I loved how we got to know more about the woman in the dress and her history too. It made for an interesting read and something that never even crossed my mind in the first book.

Again, if you are looking for a thought provoking and emotional read, this is the book to choose.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Death, Terminal illness, Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

Yes, it's sappy but I really enjoyed this book. It keeps the same formula as the first one, with all of the rules of time travel, and asks what it means to choose to be happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Murder

littleredbiblio's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Car accident, Pregnancy, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Child death

irodori_megu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death

sallysimply's review against another edition

4.0

Somehow even more repetitive than the first one, but still delightfully heartwarming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage