Reviews with content warning for Sexism - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage

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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

11 reviews

korol_rezni's review against another edition

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dark sad 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

3.0

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charlie29's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

let me start by saying that this book has an open ending. So many things are left unexplained (the ones that are, aren't even enough to explain all the shit that went down in this damn book)

Who the fuck killed Shiro, was the story of Haida’s father even real, was Haida even a real, living person at all, and if he was where on earth did he go? just to name a few of the plot holes

also, this book is heavy on sexualizing women: I couldn't bear to read it at certain times, Tsukuru’s imagination and all his dreams were disgusting, period. The way he thinks about his so-called "girl best friends" is straight-up disturbing and thank God they were his best friends, could you imagine if they weren't?
Apart from all that, if you survive reading the first 80 pages, it's a fast-paced book, but don't expect this gigantic revelation cause you aren't going to find it. It has a nice and reflective part: the loss of self-identity and finding yourself, but it's all pretty empty.

I also hated that the whole reason behind the friendship break-up is a girl faking a rape, like isn't it enough to live in a real-life society where girls that get raped are not believed? So to make the whole plot twist about a girl getting raped and for once being believed, but only to find out that it wasn't true, is pretty upsetting

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mxpringle's review against another edition

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reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I love the dream like state this book put me in where I questioned what events in it were real and fake. The writing and the way the characters were so fleshed our really gripped me and I haven't read a book so quickly in forever. However, as a with a lot of Murakami's writing, I did have an issue with how he portrays women and sex, and his strong emphasis on the male gaze.

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ccs's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No

3.75

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maria_valentine's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.5

Ordinary book with a rather extraordinary topic. Minus points for the sexist style of writing.

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tomnoor's review against another edition

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2.0

I’d say that if you took all the misogyny/objectification/gratuitous breast descriptions out of this book it’d be really good, but the reality is if you took them out there wouldn’t be enough material to call it a book. Honestly felt pretty violated just reading this and knowing so many people love it. What I learned from this book is that as a woman my worth depends firstly on my body and secondly on my ability to serve as a sounding board/problem fixer for an emotionally stunted man.

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