“Things that you put off saying until tomorrow are sometimes never said”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades
Before Your Memory Fades, is the 3rd installment in Before Your Coffee Gets Cold series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, and I really enjoyed it. We meet again our main characters but we also meet new ones with interesting and heartwarming stories. Despite some of its themes, this series always makes me fell cozy
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The stories are emotional but at the same time hopeful and they explore the complexities of time, memory, and the power of second chances.
In this third book we are in a different setting than the 2 previous ones. We are in Café Donna Donna on the hillside of Mount Hakodate in Japan. This new setting adds more to the stories.
Rating: 4 Stars
About the book:
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.
On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. But that’s not all. Like the charming Tokyo cafe Funiculi Funicula, Cafe Donna Donna offers its customers the extraordinary experience of travelling through time.
From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of the cafe's time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces from Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s previous novels, readers will also be introduced to:
A daughter who begrudges her deceased parents for leaving her orphaned
A comedian who aches for his beloved and their shared dreams
A younger sister whose grief has become all-consuming
A young man who realizes his love for his childhood friend too late
Translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot and featuring signature heart-warming characters and wistful storytelling, in Before Your Memory Fades, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
See you in the next post and don't forget to keep reading!!!
Athina