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A review by emmafishhh
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
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? It's complicated
4.25
This was really good! For format of this book was really unique, and I enjoyed how it was broken up into 4 parts. This was my first book in the magical realism world, and I quite like the genre. Fumiko and Goro's plot line was my favourite out of them all, and I thought that the concept of this book was really interesting. It gave a fresh perspective about regret and loss, and I liked that it wasn't set in the United States or United Kingdom. It was diverse, and I felt so much smarter reading a book not originally written in English.