4 stars for Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold book 3) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi |《Reread》.
I like that there is this "relationship map of characters" provided at the start of the book. This greatly helps readers to recall and associate those customers who time travel in the cafe. It is also through this map of characters that I realise I no longer remember any of the stories and characters in this book 3 save for Kei who, in book 1, travel to the future to meet her unborn daughter, Miki.
By now, I start to notice a trend, that is, most if not all of the time-travelling cases back to the past or to the future, are related to deaths, and they mostly revolve around being happy for the sake of those loved ones who continue to live on, empowered by hope and the power to believe in the future.
Of all the rules regarding the time-travelling, one that sticks clearly with me is that while in the past or future, you cannot change the present, no matter how hard you try. With this rule, it actually defeats the purpose of going back to the past to right a wrong. Because nothing changes. However, some things can change, and do change, even if the present reality doesn't. That is the beauty of this series and how the author crafts each individual story (four in each book) based on this core concept. Well, after all, what can possibly change is one's mindset and perspectives which is even more important and priceless.
If you can go back in time, who would you want to meet?
Publisher: Generic
Publication date: 1 Jan 2022
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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?
*Blurb from FantasticFiction*
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