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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

86 reviews

apollonium's review

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Torture, Suicide attempt, Murder, War

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Abortion

Minor: Child death, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy

mmatti300's review

3.5

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was very good, and I am consistently blown away by the eloquence that can remain in translations. However, there are certain aspects of murakami that I am not sure I’ll ever be comfortable with. This novel wavered between being aggressively horrific, touching, charming, and utterly confusing. I found myself getting bored at parts, accidentally skipping whole paragraphs because I could not being myself to care. Yet in other parts, I was hooked constantly waiting for the next sucker punch of a line. While there is not the strange obsession with ejaculation common in some of his other works, there are elements in which “men writing women” shines through, particularly in discussing menstruation. I don’t know if I’ll be able to remember much of this book in 1 month but I am glad I picked this up and gave murakami another shot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment

annaduffy's review

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence

anushka_bhawnani's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, War

judoonplatoonmoon's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I could not connect to this book. The story is so random, yet also predictable. The dialogues felt forced, and there are many loose ends. Maybe I'd like Murakami's other works, though? I'm keeping my mind open.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Incest, Abortion

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy

mudkipmillie's review

3.5

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Like many Murakami books, the ending feels a bit unresolved. Also there are some HEAVY themes in this book, so watch out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death

spoopy_moose01's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide

Minor: Abortion

xoxo_gossipgirl's review

4.0

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Abortion, Murder

Sections of the books focus on war so be prepared for graphic descriptions. The book is very dreamlike and surreal so its pacing may not be for everyone

jodunn_'s review

3.5

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

merle98's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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An entirely average, nondescript man meets several extravagant, mysterious women who for some inexplicable reason take a liking to him and interfere in his life. Weird stuff happens. Classic Murakami, as my good friend Adam would say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence