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

emotional inspiring lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

3.5

The time travel topic is kinda complicated, we talked about that with many objects, subjects, theories, etc. But, I found out here, that concept wrapped into heart-warming stories. It's still complicated with all the rules that must appear, isn't it? Without rules, a bad thing will happen. That's how it works, I guess? I am surprised each character is connected to the other, I thought at first all stand alone.

At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present doesn't change. This hits me so hard. I feel like got punched ( a little). We think when we travel back to the past, we can change EVERYTHING. Mostly, we hope a bad or something that we don't want to happen in the future. But, is that really what we want? Or, it's just because of our anger? What if even if we change the past it always has its way into the same future. So, nothing changed at all.
We just want the answer. We just want this regret to be gone. Even if the future has not changed, at least we do feel not sorry anymore for ourselves or people that hurt because of us.

I can't give all stars because this kind of book does not belong to me. But, overall I still can enjoy a whole of story!