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Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

16 reviews

nekoshka'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

1.5

Maybe this was not the best way to start my introduction to Murakami.

 I’ve heard a lot of wonderful things about his writing (except for the misogyny), but this collection of stories left me more disgusted than anything else. Maybe I’m too asexual for this book.
Yesterday was nice though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide

neverlandingonabook's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Grief

Moderate: Dementia, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

the misogyny was rife in this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Suicide

hanami_sui's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Minor: Suicide

margozaldivar's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Suicide

softwindflower's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Eating disorder

williamgideon's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

All these stories follow similar themes and people, almost all of them feature an affair and a lonely male protagonist. Ones that stuck out to me were Kino, Drive my car and Yesterday. But as a whole, the collection was just ok. Most of the stories just felt like different versions of eachother. And this being a Murakami book, the women were all written quite poorly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

audc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

A large portion of the story is men’s perspective (as expected). Halfway through the book, I just wanted to stop. I think you get a wrong perspective or implication of women lurking and waiting to cheat. Either it’s a thing in Japan or Murakami has some stuff to work through. 

A lot of mention of songs (appreciated that). 

There’s an amount of stuff written that I don’t understand what the author was trying to get across or whether they really are ignorant (;misogynistic).

“That really turned me on…Maybe it was because I was so turned on that my period started almost immediately after that.”

Unfortunately, the relationships that are explored between men and women is sexual (often with infidelity on the woman’s part)  and the way women described often relates to whether they’re conventionally attractive or unattractive. 

Very simple, nail-on-the-head descriptions. Perhaps, that’s possibly why many of the stories just blend together monotonously. 

I had a lot of questions about what a book titled “Men Without Women” would be about.
At first; When would a man not have multiple women in his life? What sort of impact did these women have one these men’s lives?, 
And later; Does a relationship with a woman/women only count through a consensual agreement? What about friendships? 

“…losing one woman means losing all women.”

Favorites: (Drive My Car) , (An Independent Organ) , and (Samsa in Love) I just liked the premise of the story. 
The last story (Men Without Women) was an okay ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Child death, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cancer, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse and Bullying

veroer's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Eating disorder, Addiction, Death, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

eve81's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Stalking, Abandonment, Infidelity, Death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cancer