Loved itAnd it was a banger for me. Like I love this book. I don't care what nobody says. It worked for me. It's so full of heart and love and coffee and greatness and time travel and I love it so much.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (2015)
Others: Mostly positive とある街の、とある喫茶店の とある座席には不思議な都市伝説があった その席に座ると、望んだとおりの時間に戻れるという ただし、そこにはめんどくさい…… 非常にめんどくさいルールがあった 1.過去に戻っても、この喫茶店を訪れた事のない者には会う事はできない 2.過去に戻って、どんな努力をしても、現実は変わらない 3.過去に戻れる席には先客がいる その席に座れるのは、その先客が席を立った時だけ 4.過去に戻っても、席を立って移動する事はできない 5.過去に戻れるのは、コーヒーをカップに注いでから、 そのコーヒーが冷めてしまうまでの間だけ めんどくさいルールはこれだけではない それにもかかわらず、今日も都市伝説の噂を聞いた客がこの喫茶店を訪れる 喫茶店の名は、フニクリフニクラ あなたなら、これだけのルールを聞かされて それでも過去に戻りたいと思いますか? この物語は、そんな不思議な喫茶店で起こった、心温まる四つの奇跡
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Genres: fantasy, science fiction, romance
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Loved itSo this year I've been reading Before the Coffee Gets Cold which is another piece of translated Japanese literature which is about a bookstore where people can travel back in time and it's like vignette short stories that are like really emotional but heartwarming like bittersweet. I cry every time reading that book
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MixedI'm assuming it is going to read maybe a little bit similar to Before the Coffee Gets Cold, which was a little bit hit or miss for me depending on the chapter.
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MixedBefore the Coffee Gets Cold. , I was crying reading that, but there was actually only one story in there that really landed for me. The rest of it was just okay.
Loved itI think it's a book that in some ways forces you to sit in difficult emotions but I also think that can be quite comforting in it itself
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Loved itI spoke a lot about before the coffee gets cold it was one of the first books I really raved about on my YouTube channel because I found it so cozy and heartwarming and happy but also sad
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Loved itThis one was so interesting. It's one of those really emotional heavy hitters. Like this could definitely make you cry. I just thought it was really great.
Loved itThat has to have a notable mention because I just fell in love with that book when I read it.
Loved itI'm going to put this and loved it because I really enjoyed this like it's not a short story collection but it is like little three or four intertwining tales and they're all set in this Cafe with time travel
Loved itit's fantastic it is so cozy it's so heartwarming it's a perfect like fall book