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A review by dylanhenning
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This book was incredible. I knew I was going to enjoy this book from reading the pitch of a coffee shop where people can visit someone through time travel but they have to get back before the coffee gets cold. What I didn’t expect was that this book would make me ugly cry multiple times.
The writing is so beautiful and the English translation captured the essence of the story really well. These stories and their little ways of interconnecting was really cozy and I grew to love this cast of characters and the various facets of their lives.
I love a good time travel story but when you do a time travel plot and don’t have any rules it tends to get messy so I appreciate the rules this book sets up of how it all works.
My one minor complaint is that it did repeat the rules of time travel in almost every chapter. It made sense to the plot and the characters why it got repeated so often so I’m not docking any points from the book for it but as a reader it was my only gripe.
This book is cozy and beautiful. Get yourself a nice cup of coffee and settle in. But maybe have some tissues on hand too.
The writing is so beautiful and the English translation captured the essence of the story really well. These stories and their little ways of interconnecting was really cozy and I grew to love this cast of characters and the various facets of their lives.
I love a good time travel story but when you do a time travel plot and don’t have any rules it tends to get messy so I appreciate the rules this book sets up of how it all works.
My one minor complaint is that it did repeat the rules of time travel in almost every chapter. It made sense to the plot and the characters why it got repeated so often so I’m not docking any points from the book for it but as a reader it was my only gripe.
This book is cozy and beautiful. Get yourself a nice cup of coffee and settle in. But maybe have some tissues on hand too.