Reviews

The Shake of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa

tsunami935's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

maddandroid's review against another edition

3.0

Collection of short stories and novella length pieces, The Live A Live story really worksbetter in the anime, because you get to actually see the band preform.

Spoiler

Favorite story is Charmed at First Sight because it is a Nagoto story, loved the resolution of why the boy fell in love with Yuki at first sight.

The final story The Melancholy of Asahina Mikuru ends on a dark note with further hints that there are indeed more dangerous enemies of the SOS.

floppytelex's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

starrypsyche's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

deadwish's review against another edition

4.0

Reseña completa en mi blog:
http://drdeadwish.blogspot.com.ar/2013/06/las-inquietudes-de-haruhi-suzumiya.html

El libro compila 5 historias cortas sobre las aventuras de la brigada SOS. Cada uno merece una opinión distinta.
"Live Alive" describe una nueva faceta de Haruhi... lamentablemente ya había visto la adaptación televisiva, lo mismo que "Las Aventuras de Mikuru Ashaina Episodio 00", el cual me encanta como está narrado.
"Amante a primera vista" es interesante, aunque un poco inconexo con lo demás
"¿Dónde se ha metido el gato?" me parece aburrido, el género detectivesco no es de mi agrado.
"La melancolía de Mikuru Asahina" es interesante y promete más para el próximo volumen.

electrozombie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective relaxing fast-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

3.75

erbezdiez's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

bobbyman0330's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

eizel's review against another edition

3.0

I would've rated this around 2 stars if it hadn't for the Live Alive short story in this volume. I really like how Suzumiya went YOLO at the cultural festival, somehow enjoying herself. And that itself proves that she is STILL a human being able to enjoy simple things in life.
Live Alive — is really fun to read much less like the other short stories read. On the other hand, much like how I can grasp Suzumiya, Koizumi, Nagato's characterization, the same cannot be said to the other two SOS Brigade members. I couldn't care less about Asahina anyway, more like she turned a mascot more than a time-travelling one.
I'm going to point out again, Kyon is really annoying, together with his hormones. I'd like to give the quotation I highlighted from the novel, "I shrugged, letting Haruhi’s overlong philosophy of romance go in one ear and out the other. Sorry—if Asahina’s boyfriend turned out to be a loser, I don’t care how happy she seemed, I wasn’t confident I’d be able to be happy for her. I might even try to interfere. I don’t think anybody could blame me, though." — Kyon. This is problematic, his ideals and his hormones. This statement is one in many that really ticked me off and making his personality and character really ugly.

laingley's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-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? It's complicated

3.0