if "right where you left me" was a happy song

booktok saying this book isn't sad but sobbing at the end still. yea i'd cry too if i had to read a 200-page book about women losing "everything""everything" as in each woman Kawaguchi wrote only has one purpose in their life. should've done my research and seen that this book was written by a man.first story: a smart, career woman crying over a man who chose his career over her. be fucking frsecond story: a woman devoting her life to care for her husband who has dementia. i don't have a problem...

this was a beautiful and deep story…now why do i feel this 20 pound weight on my chest of damaging and immobilizing sadness?!?

People that can go back in time in a coffee shop? Sign me in!

There are some strict rules but the character driven stories were interesting.

I'm not too sure what to rate this book so it might change but... 3.5?

The only story I didn't care about was the last one. I absolutely hate the trope of "woman keeps pregnancy knowing it will kill her because she wants a baby". Nope nope nope.

This was pretty lovely.At times, it was very lovely. My very favorite things are lovely things, and simple, wonderful magical realism is my favorite hard-to-find-done-well genre, and for a while it seemed like this could qualify as being both of those things.But then...a severe damper arrives. My parade is rained on. Stormy weather comin' in. Insert other precipitation metaphors.Unfortunately, I have to tuck away the thing that threatened to ruin it all in little ol' spoiler tags: I hate (HATE!!...

Summary This is a beautifully written novel happening inside a retro cafe where time travel is possible. It has four different stories interwoven together with characters who have their individual existence yet perfectly complement each other. What I learned from this book 1) The effect of Alzheimer’s disease in marital and family life In Alzheimer’s disease, the subtle and sporadic deterioration of patients brain function will be a very arduous phase in their partners, and thei...

Despite a tantalizing premise the execution of time travel with ever added on new rules is sloppy. And the underlying morale of the four stories is basically highly conservative in my opinion.The underlying messaging that grated on meTo kick off in respect to my last sentence I mean the following:The first story feels so old fashioned, with a girl crying over being left by a guy and this just continues. I mean the geek boyfriend of a stunningly beautiful girl gets a job in the US (with a game st...

This book reminds me of an old Italian car, perhaps an Alfa Romeo, or a 1970s Ferrari.On the surface it looks great, but when you start it up... oh dear. At best the poor thing limps along well under the speed limit, an ominous cacophony of clunking sounds and grinding noises issuing from under the hood.I was expecting much more as this is a book that has a lot of fans.I can see why - the central concept is a nice one, and the stories are cute, in a way that is quite charmingly Japanese. In an o...

5/5stars

No question this is as good as everyone keeps saying. Absolutely beautifully simply written, incredibly unique especially on such an over used idea like time travel, absolutely tragic but also incredibly happy and dealing with some tough subjects almost everyone can empathize with, honestly one of the few books I can call INSPIRING.

Absolutely loved this wow

Despite the appealing subject, the writing ruined the reading for me. It is written more as a theater play than anything else, with the right setup and characters. Everything is explained and the whole story takes place in the coffee shop. The blurb is very accurate, so I won’t get into details. However, nothing in it to keep my interest. The characters are like puppets, their dialogues disjointed, the actions artificial. The time travel part is more of a disguise here, I wouldn’t classify it in...