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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I never know how to describe the plot of Murakami's books and it's interesting to see the plot description at the back of his books. It's like the publisher said "yup, we don't know how to describe this book either. Let's just take some scenes from the book and describe it in the vaguest way possible." And if you were to read said summary, you would be expecting one thing from his books only to find the book led you somewhere completely different. I guess what I am trying to say is don't limit your expectations to the back of his books, don't limit your expectations to the words of someone else, just pick up the book and read it. If I were to describe this book to you, I would lower it's value, make it sound boring, or raise your expectations too high. I really enjoyed this book and I never know what the author is planning or thinking.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-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:
Yes
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Colonisation
Minor: Suicide, Abortion
bizarre, gripping and arguably one of the most violent murakami ive read, "the wind up bird chronicle" thread from one narrative to next, one more traumatizing than the last. sometimes i think murakami just shove everything hes interested in at the time together and call it a novel (jazz, cat, hardboiled detective books, women, and for some reason japanese occupation in manchuria this time?). im biased because i just finished sputnik and that book changed me as a person, but still a good read!
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Japanese literature gets a pass on being ludicrous, unlike anything else, and i love how they treat their privilege
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated