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Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

553 reviews

chloewith2dots's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.25! Lots of aspects I thoroughly enjoyed. It’s a wild ride from start to finish, but one I was happy to be on. The characters were extremely interesting (particularly some introduced later on), and the events of the story captivating. I’m certain there are hundreds of different interpretations of the meaning of Kafka & Nakato’s journey, that perhaps smarter people can ponder. At times in the last 20% I became slightly tired with the meandering nature of the story, particularly with Kafka’s chapters. Overall a very fascinating book.

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jordimops's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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mark0v_'s review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ollyreads_972's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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brittti's review against another edition

3.25

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rosyclovds's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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: Yes

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wodahs's review against another edition

slow-paced

A cat was brutally murdered.

A lot of sex scenes with a 15yo boy, whom a girl he randomly met on a street let him stayed at her apartment (she's 20+) gave him a hand job then told him she wished she was his sister; he also had sex with a 50yo lady who is his mother. Also had multiple sex scenes with women who are asleep.

There's absurdism styles in stories but this one is just fucked up.

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eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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wlindsey03's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

weird af, i mean really weird at parts but a good book nonetheless

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nanimariesela's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I did like the book, even though I was absolutely confused about Kafka Tamura's storyline. Mr. Nakata I enjoyed reading about the most, so I mostly stuck around because of him and Mr. Hoshino.
I'm perplexed

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