Reviews - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

4.03 AVERAGE

ilak99's review against another edition

4.0

wells

zgrayadams's review against another edition

2.0

I’m glad I finished this, because the last 100 or so pages were fantastic, but from pages 300-500, I really hated where the story went.

timohi's review against another edition

5.0

This is like Killing Commentadore but the adult-child romance isn't as fully fledged (which is good)

elle_g's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Content Warnings

mjnotrey's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

I DNFed the Kindle version because I felt like I was wasting my time on a long, slow, meandering story that didn’t seem to have a point. I then realized I had added this title to a reading challenge, so I finished it by audiobook. There were parts I liked, but I’m not sure it was worth it in the end. I also was put off by the interactions between the adult protagonist and a 17 year old girl.

cricketgoat's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sarahghossein's review against another edition

4.0

I will think about this book for a while. Things this book has: a well, a cat, phone calls, rice pudding turning into macaroni cheese, war stories, wig companies. At times, it did feel like a chore to get through it; I was about 300 pages in and I had no idea what was going on. That didn't really change even when I finished it though. Would only recommend if you don't mind being clueless, just go along for the vibes.