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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
incredibly light and dark all at the same time (+ a classic Murakami ending)
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The second half of the book comes off as unfinished, but honestly, I enjoyed that vagueness .
Meu segundo contato com a escrita de Murakami e tenho de dizer que a fluidez e potencial poético desta obra me encantou.
Os diálogos entre K e Sumire são carregados de metáforas que enriquecem a imersão naquele mundo. Haruki Murakami conseguiu novamente me deixar completamente perdido em um livro e com vontade de procurar outro para obter mais desta agonia encantadora.
Os diálogos entre K e Sumire são carregados de metáforas que enriquecem a imersão naquele mundo. Haruki Murakami conseguiu novamente me deixar completamente perdido em um livro e com vontade de procurar outro para obter mais desta agonia encantadora.
Um livro que tem aquela estranheza melancólica que só Murakami consegue criar. É uma história sobre solidão, amor não correspondido e as ligações inexplicáveis entre as pessoas. A escrita é hipnótica, e a sensação de mistério mantém-se até ao fim, deixando mais perguntas do que respostas.
Foi uma leitura envolvente, mas também deixou um vazio, como se algo importante estivesse sempre fora de alcance. É um daqueles livros que não se explicam completamente, apenas se sentem.
Foi uma leitura envolvente, mas também deixou um vazio, como se algo importante estivesse sempre fora de alcance. É um daqueles livros que não se explicam completamente, apenas se sentem.
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
My main thoughts about this book: I love K. What a lovely, generous, contented man.
When I first launched into this book I admit to a bit of an eye roll: fabulous, a woman whose defining characteristics are that she wears carefully careless clothing and is aspiring to be a writer. What a cliche. In truth, she was a cliche. Sumire is the girl you've read about in a thousand teen fiction books. She was undeservingly steeped in mystery and romantic entanglements that were very implausible. Usually implausibility doesn't bother me in Murakami but in this book it did.
I was disappointed in the Sumire/K storyline and thought that the time in Greece, the return of Sumire and the character of Miu were all so quirky that they could only be saved by the sort of depth that this short book did not give them.
When I first launched into this book I admit to a bit of an eye roll: fabulous, a woman whose defining characteristics are that she wears carefully careless clothing and is aspiring to be a writer. What a cliche. In truth, she was a cliche. Sumire is the girl you've read about in a thousand teen fiction books. She was undeservingly steeped in mystery and romantic entanglements that were very implausible. Usually implausibility doesn't bother me in Murakami but in this book it did.
I was disappointed in the Sumire/K storyline and thought that the time in Greece, the return of Sumire and the character of Miu were all so quirky that they could only be saved by the sort of depth that this short book did not give them.