Pensavo meglio
3 stars
Molto commovente ma speravo meglio.
238 pages
French language
Published Jan. 7, 2022 by Le Livre de poche.
Tant que le café est encore chaud
Tant que le café est encore chaud (French language, 2022, Le Livre de poche)
- ISBN:
- 9782253940920
4 stars
(4 reviews)
Dans une petite ruelle de Tokyo se trouve Funiculi Funicula, un petit établissement au sujet duquel circulent mille légendes. On raconte notamment qu'en y dégustant un délicieux café, on peut retourner dans le passé. Mais ce voyage comporte des règles : il ne changera pas le présent et dure tant que le café est encore chaud. Quatre femmes vont vivre cette singulière expérience.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
4 stars
Read for our workplace book club of June (I'm a bit early). Based on a simple idea (being able to go back in time but inside a very strict set of rules quite different from usual), in a very small café setting, the author is able to draw several beautiful stories of the people going around, their lives, their wins and losses. It gives a big time for reflection and introspection and made me shed some tears.
"The first rule was: The only people you can meet while in the past are those who have visited the cafe. This would usually defeat the purpose of going back. Another rule was: There is nothing you can do while in the past that will change the present."
Tania reviewed Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Heartwarming
4 stars
An easy to read and heartwarming story. It spoke to my sad soul and made me cry, so it must have been good.
Jim Brown reviewed Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
meditative time travel novel
This started slow for me, but I did eventually get into it. It could easily be staged as a play, and I think the time travel piece is somewhat interesting (though, the author does try to get around the inevitable plot holes of a time travel story with a series of unexplained "rules").