There are 3 other parts to this book, which I look forward to reviewing. The above reasons make the book a must-read for me, along with Japanese culture, human relations, and the craft of coffee making. On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. Cultural theme different from the generic western storylines. The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time.Adequate amount of suspense and hooks in the right place.While I have found no reasons why you shouldn’t read this book, here’s why you should give this book a read: Before the Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Geoffrey Trousselot (Translator) 3.75 166,434 ratings25,184 reviews What would you change if you could go back in time In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a caf which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. The author has elegantly described the art of coffee making in the book while smartly mentioning coffee’s history in Japanese culture. Before the Coffee Gets Cold is mostly conventional, and a little rough around the edges. Throughout the book, the short stories have an aspect of commonality, i.e., Coffee. A lesson connected to it is that come what may, the present cannot be changed even if we go back to the past. The book realistically talks about time travel with rules attached to it. ‘No matter how hard one tried while back in the past, one cannot change the present.’ Sam Brooks reviews Before the Coffee Gets Cold which Aucklanders, inexplicably, will not stop buying and finds a book that sits oddly out of its native language and native form. The book is a blend of translated fiction, thriller, novel, and realism.

Though people would label the book as one that falls into non-fiction, it dismisses a specific genre’s boundaries. Launched in 2013, the book was initially written as a play before it was adapted into a novel form. Toshikazu Kawaguchi, through his masterpiece, “Before the coffee gets cold,” will take you through an emotional rollercoaster ride with his beautifully crafted short stories with the same narrative.

Before the coffee gets cold book review