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Toshikazu Kawaguchi: Before the coffee gets cold (2019) 4 stars

[Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary] What would you change if you could go back in …

Review of 'Before the Coffee Gets Cold' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Time travel short stories based in a run down cafe in Tokyo. The stories cross path with each other naturally and the narrative flows in an interesting way. Although there are very few characters, it is complicated to grasp what’s the relationship is between them until the very last story of the book, so the reader kind of feels like time traveling too.
I think there’s an interesting concept in all the rules around the time travel process that make you reflect in whether you would do it or not. I don’t think I would.