The Good
Before The Coffee Gets Cold is a beutifully translated book about a coffee shop that lets you travel back in time, only for a short while, but whatever you do the present cannot change.
The short stories in this book are all valuable and cover topic such as loss, grief, and self-determination in such a gentle way.
I would describe Before The Coffee Gets Cold as a masterclass in disgusing a self-help book in a highly convincing trenchcoat.
A book whose lessons in grief and loss will stay with me for a long, long time.
I wish I could read it to a younger me, who needed it most, but its okay we made it here and read it anyway.
The Not So Good
One of the stories left a bad taste in my mouth, it had a ire of emotional manipulation that I really disliked.
Quotes
“If you could go back, who would you want to meet?”
“At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present does not change.”
“So why don’t you smile every day so that your father can smile from his box? Our smiles allow him to smile. Our happiness allows your father to be happy in his box.”
“And if the chair can change someone’s heart, it clearly has its purpose.”
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