Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami

196 reviews

traciereads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, and Animal cruelty

Minor: War

rkcobb's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

from the incel intersex/trans masc oshima to the entirely too detailed portrayal of incest and rape, the winding narrative and seemingly disjointed actions of the characters were just not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Transphobia, and Incest

hanaia's review against another edition

medium-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

nuh-uh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Self harm, Incest, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

mx_sunshine's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

A slowly unraveling mystery that remains engaging throughout the length of the book. 
I was impressed how the surrealistic story was kept grounded by the realistic characters. 
My favourite characters were Oshima and Nakata. I loved reading about the interviews conducted by the US in relation to the Rice Bowl Hill Incident. I loved Nakata and Hoshino’s friendship and all of the conversations with cats. I loved the descriptions of the Komura Memorial Library.
I honestly wouldn’t have given this book a chance if I was given a summary of events. I would’ve been put off by many of the situations. I would’ve felt guilty at the idea of enjoying literature that depicted such disturbing scenarios. But I found it difficult to assign responsibility to any of the characters. The power balance between characters was constantly changing. Not sure I’d be open to recommending this due to the content, but I’ll definitely be reading more of Murakami’s work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Incest, Animal cruelty, Rape, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

vbarsi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This book reminded me of a mix of Moonrise Kingdom, meets Everything, Everywhere all at once, meets The Boy and the Heron 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Blood, Pedophilia, and Incest

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

shebert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

I did not like this book. It did not sit well with me. I don't care that certain scenes are meant to be metaphors - they are gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Misogyny, Death, Incest, Murder, and Pedophilia

bubble0nex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

what the actual fuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Gore

Minor: Incest

lukests's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Rape, Abandonment, Death of parent, Animal death, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Transphobia and Ableism

soumil_da_vinci's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

It's like fine wine.
Everyone won't like it.
You will have to read some other stuff,other classic books, a taste of magic realism and all that before you get here.
The ending is criticised by many but once you start reading it you will understand the flow, how the story is and by the time you reach the end you will understand why it ends like that even though you might not agree to the ending. Hell, you might not like the whole story but the time won't surely be wasted.
I highly recommend it to one and all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Incest, Sexual content, Violence, War, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Grief, Gore, and Animal cruelty

llntmll's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape