If crying emoji was a book

The book is about a cafe that allows you to time travel. However, there are a lot of rules. One of it is that you cannot change the future even if you went back in time. You would also need to return back to the present before the coffee is cold.

The book highlights the scarcity of time by setting a time limit on the time travel. If there is limited time, what would be the most important thing that you would say. Would we waste it on arguments or fights. There was a scene of husband and wife in the story where the wife immediately wanted to divert a fight before the coffee got cold.

It just reminded me of how, there will always be time to fight and argue but not enough time for hugs and love.

It also talks about the grief of losing someone we love. The regret of not knowing. The importance of closure.

There are four stories in the book. I thought the first story was very mild and uninteresting but it showed the mechanism of the cafe very well. The second and fourth story affected me the most. I cried like a baby.

I loved that the whole story was set in the coffee shop.

Overall, I feel it's very safe to recommend this book. I can't find any reason to not like it.

Rating /⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: 4 stars

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