Reviews - Ten zuiden van de grens

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Ten zuiden van de grens

Haruki Murakami

3.67 AVERAGE

agentflame's review against another edition

4.5

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

edspiezio's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eepuve's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

emgrace444's review against another edition

3.0

not one of my favorite murakami's, but an enjoyable read nonetheless. i really felt like the plot was building up to something huge-- but sadly nothing happened :( also had none of murakami's famous magical realism, so that was a bummer too. you could definitely tell this was one of his earlier works-- i think he's really come into his own since then.

dukeofbacon's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ana_antunes's review against another edition

5.0

Reading Murakami is always a journey to a different world. That little magical touch makes it an amazing place to visit. Strange things happen, but it doesn't matter to Hajime, he just goes with it. He accepts it just the way they are. How wonderful would it be if it happened in real life? Maybe it does somewhere.

Where does she go when she disappears for so long? Why does she only appear in rainy days? It's a break from real world, somewhere where all things don't need to be answered. And that's ok and it’s wonderful.

I've read this book twice and by the second time it was even better. Listening to "The Star-Crossed Lovers" takes me to Robin's Nest, in that jazz club environment, calm and peaceful, where I can picture Shimamoto with her drink, sitting next to Hajime, all well dressed, looking at each other and thinking about all the years they spent apart.

abhishekkattuparambil's review against another edition

3.0

Just slogged through this infidelity manifesto about the most unsatisfied unfaithful man of all time. When you can't write women so you turn them into cardinal directions. Even if Shimamoto isn't real, everything shifts but nothing changes.