A review by caroline_mclaughlin
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

This book was fine, but nothing that special. The prose was very basic and it was hard to tell if the language was so underwhelming just because of the writing or due to mistranslation. It also became very repetitive which is unfortunate for such a short book. I didn’t love the way women were portrayed and I’m pretty sure the portrayal of Alzheimer’s was also pretty odd. Overall, the book just felt very simple and wasn’t very engaging.