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Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

557 reviews

alice111's review against another edition

0.25

slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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joudkhalid21's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was the most difficult book I ever rated, it was an emotional roll costar, a lot of weirdness and warmness at the same time. I am still confused about the ending, but I believe this is what it Suppose to make me feel.

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enoemo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The way Murakami writes women in this novel (although I heard this might be true for his other works as well) is... specific, so be prepared for that. The prose, however, is beautiful. I loved the style of writing apart from some really uncomfortable or clumsy moments regarding well, women, or their behaviour, or how they work according to the narrators. Nakata was my favourite character, I have so much love for him. This was, despite its flaws, unlike anything I have ever read and I would recommend it to anyone who has carefully considered all the trigger warnings.

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bibl1ophilic_niah's review against another edition

4.75

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Though this book ends pretty ambiguously, I’d have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the way it made me think and theorize. I enjoyed being absolutely confused about whether what I was reading was reality or a dream within the character’s story. I still have so many unanswered questions, but moments in the end tied up the story in a cute little bow as full circle moments prevailed. There’s so much to take away from the two storylines that sort of converge close to the end - and not in the ordinary way you might think - and it all has to do with the human condition and how we understand what it means to be human along with all of our thoughts, emotions, and inner processes.

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lk3ssaf's review against another edition

3.5

I went into this with zero expectations. Murakami's writing is even more interesting than I expected.

Despite the book being named after Kafka, he was the character I was least interested in. Hoshino and Nakato were a great pair, and Oshima was my favorite character.

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