Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

5 reviews

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

geminifide's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Medical content

mirireads's review

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

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

aseel_reads's review

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

3 out of 4 of the stories made me sob like a baby - such a good read! I really enjoyed learning more about the cafe and recognizing more of the characters 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts