Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
I’ve resisted giving it 5 stars solely because it isn’t my favourite Murakami, but it’s still got everything you want. It’s shorter than most of his novels so would probably be a good entry point, it’s a comprehensive introduction to his style whilst not being as tangential and uncanny as some of the best known tales.
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
medium-paced
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Murakami again comes to rescue me from a reading slump. I couldn't put this novel down and finished it really quickly, but while I undoubtedly enjoyed After Dark, because how can you not get lost in the worlds that Murakami creates, it will have to be judged against his other writing. That is the territory that you now have to inhabit, Haruki.
What I loved was that Murakami again brought me closer to readers and musicians and people that make my real-life friends much more boring than they are. And I know it's not my friends that are the problem, it's me because I am more like Mari and I can sit at a Denny's until way past closing and feel safe, but are there really people like that?
Anyway, so then we get this film perspective interpolated where we are watching the characters from the point of view of an omniscient narrator and that was cool. I liked that, and there was a bit of magical realism introduced as well, or weirdness, either way I liked it. And so, that may be the point, that as a personal preference I really liked this book. But After the Quake and Men Without Women I liked more. So I can't say I love this, because if I had to choose it wouldn't be the first. But I love Murakami and will always, I think?, enjoy his works.
What I loved was that Murakami again brought me closer to readers and musicians and people that make my real-life friends much more boring than they are. And I know it's not my friends that are the problem, it's me because I am more like Mari and I can sit at a Denny's until way past closing and feel safe, but are there really people like that?
Anyway, so then we get this film perspective interpolated where we are watching the characters from the point of view of an omniscient narrator and that was cool. I liked that, and there was a bit of magical realism introduced as well, or weirdness, either way I liked it. And so, that may be the point, that as a personal preference I really liked this book. But After the Quake and Men Without Women I liked more. So I can't say I love this, because if I had to choose it wouldn't be the first. But I love Murakami and will always, I think?, enjoy his works.
slow-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