Reviews

First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami

midnightnoon's review against another edition

4.0

My favorite part was when Haruki Murakami wrote a poem about baseball players’ butts.

Quick read, comes in easily digestible bites. Would recommend if you like Murakami— please note he is a little odd and misogynistic.

roopakm's review against another edition

Didn't like the stories

johnhodges's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

janaddvorac's review against another edition

informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

thisistez's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

embu93's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

lunets's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.5

evodine's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

oxnard_montalvo's review against another edition

Been a while since I read Murakami, and I think my tastes have changed since my first encounter with him. I only skimmed the Baseball essay chapter; Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova didn't grab me. Carnaval and First Person Singular were probably the ones I enjoyed the most, mainly because of the aimlessness of them. He is a writer, in my opinion, you need to be in a particular kind to mood to read and perhaps the reason these stories resonated more is because they're at the end of the book. Who knows?
I do prefer his novels to his short stories, but one thing he does really well is capturing the weird feeling of not-feeling. Stasis.

lukiz's review against another edition

1.0

Recuerdo haber comprado este libro emocionado por leer mi primero de Murakami. Lastima que lo unico que obtuve fue un mal sabor de boca y la decepcion de haber perdido 13000 pesos.

Para empezar, este libro intenta demasiado ser "profundo" y "filosofico", cuando en realidad es totalmente superficial. La misoginia y las descripciones totalmente sexistas de de los personajes femeninos estan presentes en la mayoria de los relatos.
Los relatos son totalmente mediocres y se tratan la mayoria en los interesantisimos y asombrosos hobbies del narrador que absolutamente a nadie le importa.
Ningun relato me llamo la atencion y estuve todo el tiempo contando las paginas hasta que se acabara.
Realmente esto me saco las ganas de querer leer algo mas del gagá de murakami.