Search This Blog

Tuesday 30 July 2024

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi | Book Review

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
#BookReview

An unassuming basement café in Tokyo - Funiculi Funicula - lets you travel in time.

But the opportunity comes with certain conditions.

Only one seat in the café allows the time travel.

No matter what you do when you go back, your present will not change.

You must return back before your coffee turns cold.

With time travel at its heart, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a thought-provoking exploration of time, regret, and the human longing for second chances, served in four delicately crafted short stories.

I'd been in a bit of a reading slump lately. Book after book failed to capture my attention, leaving a trail of unfinished books in their wake.

I was on the lookout for something light, comforting, and engaging, when I picked up Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. It proved to be the perfect antidote to my reading fatigue. The book is easy-going in its narrative and endearing characters had my attention from the very first page, making it a breeze to read.