Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Tales from the Café

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi with Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator)

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
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In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time . . .From the author o...

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Community Reviews

4.01
based on 20,777 reviews

Moods

emotional: 87%

reflective: 71%

hopeful: 58%

sad: 41%

inspiring: 39%

lighthearted: 21%

relaxing: 20%

mysterious: 15%

adventurous: 6%

funny: 6%

challenging: 4%

dark: 2%

tense: 2%

informative: 1%

Pace

33% of readers chose fast
51% of readers chose medium
14% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

7% of readers chose Plot
21% of readers chose A mix
71% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

72% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
8% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
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Loveable characters?

90% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
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Diverse cast of characters?

49% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
31% of readers chose No
9% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

47% of readers chose Yes
24% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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