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.