Before the Coffee Gets Cold
2015 • 213 pages

Ratings472

Average rating3.7

15

The first story was a bit of a bad start. It was immediately very repetitive and the dialogue was very stiff. Although I feel some of that was due to translation and maybe cultural differences. After I got into it however it became much less repetitive and more meaningful. 

The later stories were all about the people in the cafe which helped. The message was great in every story, and even though the dialogue still felt somewhat emotionless, the other text explained the feelings some more. I did feel the end stopped somewhat abruptly. 

July 24, 2023