Tales from the Cafe

Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Kindle, 209 pages

English language

Published Sept. 17, 2020 by Picador.

ISBN:: 978-1-5290-5086-8
ASIN:: B0868TKYSP

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(13 reviews)

1 edition

Markus 🌱 reviewed Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)

OK

3 stars

Den fyrste boka i serien, Before the Coffe Gets Cold, var betre. Denne var OK. Føles ikkje som om den gav noko meir til serien.

Eduardo Santiago reviewed Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)

Review of 'Tales from the Cafe: Before the Coffee Gets Cold' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I get that it was meant to be sweet and thoughtful, but it just didn’t work for me. It felt stiff and heavyhanded; the characters flat and unrelatable, shoehorned to fit into the narrative. All of them are “troubled” in some way, and the author made sure to reiterate their one woe (“felt guilty because XYZ”) in case we missed it the first or second time. The time-travel rules are arbitrary to the point of being annoying, and often interfered with the flow.

Tania reviewed Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)

Almost as good as the first book

4 stars

Almost as good as the first book

Jack 💜 reviewed Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)

Review of 'Tales from the Cafe: Before the Coffee Gets Cold' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Maybe it’s because I didn’t realize this was technically a sequel and hadn’t read the first one, but ehhhh… I dunno. The grounded rules for how the time travel aspect works are neat and intriguing, but that’s literally where all of my interest was. The subjects of each story are relatively bland, and I found myself somewhat bored near the end.

(Listened to the audiobook narrated by Kevin Shen (who did a great job))