Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

7 reviews

kukazashi's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

lucyatoz's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

My review from reading Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Tales from the Café in 2020 ~ "A very intriguing ghost-like novel of 4 different yet interlinking stories. I am not normally someone who would read this genre of book but I really loved it!"

3 years later and I have now read the next novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the coffee gets cold ~ Tales from the Café. Some of the same faces appear in this story as featured in the first book and we learn more about their lives along with the 4 people who come to travel back, or forward, in time, in the hope of sharing one last moment with a friend, a mother, a lover, a wife. Another wonderful set of stories in one cover and I look forward to reading the next instalment. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Cancer, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

viviundworte'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Mental illness

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

emilywemily6'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was an enjoyable, quick read. The translation is pretty poetic. My biggest gripe is when medical issues are brought up- you can tell the author doesn’t know much about illness/injury, so it’s a good thing those issues are only mentioned in passing. This book shares a handful of stories about visitors to the café and also may inspire you as you consider what you may say or do if you could go back in time for a few minutes to visit someone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

chloelj27's review

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

chloenk_1011's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Pregnancy, Child death, Chronic illness, and Cancer

alexisgarcia's review

emotional 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

5.0

This was such a great sequel. One of the best i’ve read. I absolutely loved the first book and this one gave me the same warm hopeful feeling. We got to learn more about the characters, uncover unfinished ends from the first book, and get some closure on some things. It is such a phenomenal series. It is warm, heartwarming but also sad, and really helps you focus on the good of life and death. I recommend these books to everyone. I think these could be great for anyone with regrets or with loss of a person. I will read these again and again. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence