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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
4 reviews
ambivalentneb's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Hello Ash, I know you are reading this. Colorless Tsukuru was a lot different than his other works, it did not have as much as that feverish liminal feeing as in his other books, but it also felt more defined in clear meaning. I have mixed feelings about this as I love that aspect of Murakami’s books that describe dreamlike environments and symbols but having a clear definition in his own way is good as well. It felt a bit more personal to him as an author but it deviated from his style a bit, but that may just be due to him writing this at a later age.
spoilers now
no really don’t read this
tell your brain to stop automatically reading
last chance
The book follows the life of Tsukuru Takazi and the main event, the splitting of his group of friends: which is defined as a perfect quintet. He is cast away from his group suddenly and without any seeming remorse and he falls into a depression that changes him. He lives a rest of a mostly unfulfilling like until he is 36 and he finds someone he is serious about, but cannot go forward due to all of the conflicting and unresolved feelings within him from years ago, so he sets to find each member of the group and uncover the truth. I don’t want to talk about each individual encounter as this is getting long but ultimately it leads to some introspective eureka of him piecing together why the evened in his life occurred the way they have and how his feelings were not an isolated entities from the diaspora of feelings around him in others. In the end the book leads to compare his life to a subway (his occupation is building railroads) and he reales he has so many paths he could have gone yet he took none after the break of the group, so he decides to chase one last decision with all he has even if it will destroy colorless tsukuru tazaki, as even if he is colorless he has substance.
This sounded a lot better in my head, I like the book b it definitely not in the same regard as his other books or as much. (Why am I like this :skull:)
It was also reminiscent of coming of age stories but it wasn’t cringe so that’s fine.
spoilers now
no really don’t read this
tell your brain to stop automatically reading
last chance
The book follows the life of Tsukuru Takazi and the main event, the splitting of his group of friends: which is defined as a perfect quintet. He is cast away from his group suddenly and without any seeming remorse and he falls into a depression that changes him. He lives a rest of a mostly unfulfilling like until he is 36 and he finds someone he is serious about, but cannot go forward due to all of the conflicting and unresolved feelings within him from years ago, so he sets to find each member of the group and uncover the truth. I don’t want to talk about each individual encounter as this is getting long but ultimately it leads to some introspective eureka of him piecing together why the evened in his life occurred the way they have and how his feelings were not an isolated entities from the diaspora of feelings around him in others. In the end the book leads to compare his life to a subway (his occupation is building railroads) and he reales he has so many paths he could have gone yet he took none after the break of the group, so he decides to chase one last decision with all he has even if it will destroy colorless tsukuru tazaki, as even if he is colorless he has substance.
This sounded a lot better in my head, I like the book b it definitely not in the same regard as his other books or as much. (Why am I like this :skull:)
It was also reminiscent of coming of age stories but it wasn’t cringe so that’s fine.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment
Moderate: Eating disorder and Rape
Minor: Homophobia and Miscarriage
yasaman's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Homophobia and Abandonment
mudkipmillie's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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
4.75
I’m not going to claim that this book is perfect, but it was perfect for me at the time in my life when I read it. This book deals with how it feels to be abandoned or “ghosted” by everyone who you have ever loved. It also explores how it feels to leave home for the first time, and life in your early 20s. I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who us leaving for college for the first time. It is also my favorite book by Murakami which is saying a lot because I have read 9 of his novels. Also, this book has some heavy themes so PLEASE read the content warnings!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
namizaela's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
At first I didn't really care about any of the characters, especially Tsukuru Tazaki, because I was getting pretty tired of the classic Murakami protagonist (an emotionless 30 year old man who seems to have a taste for teenage girls). However, once the plot got going, I ended up wanting to find out more and naturally got drawn into the story. It ended up being pretty emotional, and I really liked the whole premise of this group of friends that got broken apart. Overall, not my least favorite Murakami book, but it's pretty low on the list.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Minor: Homophobia and Miscarriage