Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

30 reviews

saphfics's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

Pretty similar to the first book. Every story is centered around someone's dead seemingly which can make it feel redundant. However I think the ending of this does feel like a full circle moment 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, and Death of parent

cutepatzie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

I recently lost my mom so this book gives me a lot of hope and reflection on myself. I really appreciate the book that gives everyone some kind of closure. And the part about losing a baby and the happiness that left. And the change of the perspective for all the characters, and letting them be happy. Really helped me in my own dark and cold winter. Amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Grief, and Death

readingsponsoredbybts's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

i cried he crew we crode

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Content Warnings

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

lucy_cross56's review

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Terminal illness, Murder, Grief, Mental illness, Cancer, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

makeitbitter's review

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

Even better than the first book. Highly recommend reading the first book before reading this, to get to know the main characters in the series (Kazu, Nagare, Miki, and the others).

We finally get to know who is the ghost in the cafe, and it’s both heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time to see how the events happening in the cafe shaped Kazu’s perspective on her happiness.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

montanaclairevince's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage

niallgoulding1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Similar to the previous book in the series. This is a very satisfying comfort read. Easy to read, well defined characters with a comforting, wholesome message at the end of each vignette. 

The reasons I don't rate the book more highly are the lack of "sophistication". Its origins as a play are front and centre with the limited cast, single location, and  easy to follow story beats. This isn't a book with a lot of nuance or grey areas. But it tackles the themes of sadness and loss in a sensitive way and imparts a very hopeful message. 

I've enjoyed reading both and will definitely read more of this series when I'm in the right mood. The literary equivalent of a favourite Xmas movie/comforting sweater

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt and Murder

refrejarator's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Infertility, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Violence

m1ruv17's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

ancymon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

piękna książka, daje dużo do myślenia. ale widać że jest napisana przez mężczyznę po tym ile razy faceci mówią Kazu żeby zdecydowała się urodzić dziecko, gdy jeden z nich nawet jej nie zna 🤡

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy