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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Short, and well-written, I especially liked the dialogues.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What a revelatory experience! I read it in one sitting; I was utterly entranced. My brother has been promoting Murakami’s work for years, but I pretty much ignored him because his literary tastes trend toward the incredibly pretentious; sometimes I think his philosophy is “the more obscure, depressing, and French, the better!” Well, I shouldn’t have dismissed him—either my brother or Murakami—so quickly.
The story takes place over the course of a single night, one which 19-year-old Mari decides to spend wandering the streets of Tokyo rather than go home to her troubled family. Murakami’s descriptions of the parts of the city that never sleep—all-night Denny’s and convenience stores, love hotels and not-quite-abandoned office buildings—are as hypnotic as a swirling kaleidoscope of flashing neon lights, and the wandering conversations Mari has with the people she meets are no less compelling. This is well worth losing sleep over.
The story takes place over the course of a single night, one which 19-year-old Mari decides to spend wandering the streets of Tokyo rather than go home to her troubled family. Murakami’s descriptions of the parts of the city that never sleep—all-night Denny’s and convenience stores, love hotels and not-quite-abandoned office buildings—are as hypnotic as a swirling kaleidoscope of flashing neon lights, and the wandering conversations Mari has with the people she meets are no less compelling. This is well worth losing sleep over.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Es muy confuso al principio pero me encantó la historia de Mari ❤️
reflective
relaxing
slow-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
I like character studies, I like coming of age stories. The ending coulda tied some of the plot up a bit more but it's about the journey not the destination yada yada. Audiobook this needs to be listened to at your fastest available speed trust.
Finished in a day! Mari’s night meeting and talking with all the other interesting characters pulled me in and made the book hard to put down. But the Eri parts were a snooze fest (hehe). Definitely better than its reputation as one of the weaker Murakami novels