#JustFinished Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Similar in format to How High We Go in the Dark (Sequoia Nagamatsu), in that it's a collection of stories tied together with a framework, I don't feel it was executed quite as well. It is a lovely story of romance and hope, but I felt a little too distant from the characters, as if the writing held a layer of remove for me. I did enjoy it. I just preferred the other.
@bookstodon As is my way, I read reader reviews after reading the book and doing mine. I would like to add that I saw a handful talking about the misogyny of the conservative expectations of the women in the story. I didn't notice it overtly, but they are correct. So much denial of women wanting freedom or to live outside the bounds of expectation. Rather disappointing.
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