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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
71 reviews
lachlan90's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts
bolickbooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book follows a man who is trying to process after suddenly and without explanation being completely cut off by his most cherished friends. One day the people with whom he had been inseparable tell him they no longer wish to communicate, and he knows why. The only problem is he has absolutely no clue what he has done.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
boardwalkxpizza's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
A wild ride. Easy to read. I’m mixed on whether I enjoyed the ending
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide
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
mixuchi's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
If the women and sexual scenes had not been written this way, my rating would've been higher. I actually did not mind the ending for what it was, even though people do not like open-ended endings. I really thought the random story about a guy having only a month to live and being able to see these colors would go anywhere.
I also wonder what happened to Haida and I wished it was more explored and not left the way it was.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Murder
catrijn's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Murder
Minor: Miscarriage and Death of parent
whatdidshedraw's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Murder
dez_bookie's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A great book that tackles loss. Reminds me so much of the line from a game called "Until then" where the phrase "The world hasn't ended yet" goes well with this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
amethystbutterfly's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-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
5.0
I really loved this book. It is reflective, you see the world through a man who thinks he’s colorless and boring person. There’s some thinking about the line between reality and dreams, how something that you try to ignore/forget comes to you in one way or another and how you have to accept the things you can’t change. It has themes like depression, loneliness, friendships, trauma, abandonment and music. You see so clearly, without any filters to the maincharacters mind and it is so facinating! It normalizes humanity.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Moderate: Eating disorder and Miscarriage
cakrawala's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Secara ringkas, buku ini memiliki seorang tokoh utama bernama Tsukuru Tazaki. Dalam bahasa Jepang, "Tsukuru" sendiri artinya membuat barang. Tsukuru Tazaki menghabiskan usia remajanya bersama keempat temannya yang penuh 'warna'. Aka, Ao, Kuro, dan Shiro - semua nama mereka memiliki unsur warna di dalamnya. Hanya Tsukuru yang tidak memiliki unsur warna di namanya, yang mana membuatnya sering diejek 'Tanpa Warna' atau 'Colorless'. Tapi ejekan itu hanyalah ejekan belaka, tanpa ada maksud diskriminasi dari teman-temannya. Mereka berlima berdinamika dengan baik dan memiliki hubungan yang begitu erat. Banyak kegiatan volunteer yang mereka lakukan bersama-sama. Mereka berpisah ketika lulus SMA, atau tepatnya Tsukuru yang pergi meninggalkan Nagoya sekalipun keempat teman-temannya memilih untuk tetap tinggal di kota kelahiran mereka. Tsukuru yang memiliki minat pada stasiun sejak kecil memutuskan untuk kuliah di sebuah universitas teknologi ternama di Tokyo. Ia tinggal di apartemen yang diberikan ayahnya. Sekalipun hanya Ia yang ada di Tokyo, setiap pulang ke Nagoya pasti mereka berlima berkumpul kembali dan semuanya saling bertukar cerita seputar kehidupan mereka.
Semua kedekatan dan hubungan yang erat itu berubah begitu Tsukuru berusia 20 tahun, di tahun keduanya kuliah. Tiba-tiba semua temannya menolak untuk berbicara dengan dia dan 'membuangnya' dari kelompok. Tsukuru yang tidak memiliki apa-apa selain pertemanan dengan kelompok itu tentu hancur secara jasmani dan rohani. Dia tidak tahu apa kesalahannya dan teman-temannya pun tidak ada yang memberitahunya. Tsukuru dipaksa untuk tetap menjalani hidup setelah kehilangan hal yang paling berharga untuknya. Selama 5 bulan, Ia berubah drastis dan kehilangan motivasi untuk hidup. Namun Ia memutuskan untuk bangkit dan kembali menjalani hidup, meskipun tidak akan sama seperti dulu.
Sejak saat itu, Tsukuru tidak pernah dekat lagi dengan siapapun. Ia masih kencan beberapa kali, tapi tidak ada yang berakhir dengan baik. Kemudian Ia bertemu Sara, sesosok perempuan yang berusia 2 tahun lebih tua darinya. Ia kenal Sara dari teman kerjanya. Sara mendorong Tsukuru untuk menyelesaikan masa lalunya karena menurut Sara hal itu akan terus-terusan menghantui Tsukuru jika Ia tidak segera menyelesaikannya dan menjadi sebuah penghambat. Maka Tsukuru melakukan apa yang dikatakan Sara.
Menurut saya, buku ini menyimpan banyak cerita tentang ketakutan ditinggalkan, kesepian, hubungan antar manusia yang kompleks dan rumit. Sangat tipikal dari Haruki Murakami. Ini karya Murakami yang ketiga saya baca. Dapat dikatakan untuk ceritanya saya secara subjektif lebih menyukai cerita ini dibanding Norwegian Wood. Tapi ending dari buku ini sangat mengecewakan dan banyak pertanyaan saya yang tidak terjawab. Hal yang paling krusial dan saya nantikan jawabannya adalah siapa dan bagaimana Yuzu terbunuh, apa yang sebenarnya terjadi 16 tahun yang lalu, bagaimana hubungan Sara dan Tsukuru, dan keberadaan Haida.
Ada banyak misteri yang ditinggalkan, tapi banyak juga hal yang dapat pembaca refleksikan selama membaca buku ini.
Semua kedekatan dan hubungan yang erat itu berubah begitu Tsukuru berusia 20 tahun, di tahun keduanya kuliah. Tiba-tiba semua temannya menolak untuk berbicara dengan dia dan 'membuangnya' dari kelompok. Tsukuru yang tidak memiliki apa-apa selain pertemanan dengan kelompok itu tentu hancur secara jasmani dan rohani. Dia tidak tahu apa kesalahannya dan teman-temannya pun tidak ada yang memberitahunya. Tsukuru dipaksa untuk tetap menjalani hidup setelah kehilangan hal yang paling berharga untuknya. Selama 5 bulan, Ia berubah drastis dan kehilangan motivasi untuk hidup. Namun Ia memutuskan untuk bangkit dan kembali menjalani hidup, meskipun tidak akan sama seperti dulu.
Sejak saat itu, Tsukuru tidak pernah dekat lagi dengan siapapun. Ia masih kencan beberapa kali, tapi tidak ada yang berakhir dengan baik. Kemudian Ia bertemu Sara, sesosok perempuan yang berusia 2 tahun lebih tua darinya. Ia kenal Sara dari teman kerjanya. Sara mendorong Tsukuru untuk menyelesaikan masa lalunya karena menurut Sara hal itu akan terus-terusan menghantui Tsukuru jika Ia tidak segera menyelesaikannya dan menjadi sebuah penghambat. Maka Tsukuru melakukan apa yang dikatakan Sara.
Ada banyak misteri yang ditinggalkan, tapi banyak juga hal yang dapat pembaca refleksikan selama membaca buku ini.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Rape