Reviews - Kafka on the Shore

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Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

4.03 AVERAGE

orionis's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rauldh's review against another edition

4.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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duesentriebine's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing medium-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: Complicated

thepageunfolds's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vertent's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny inspiring 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

ekfmef's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective

I don't think I ever truly 'got' the story but it was a really nice read. Apart from the bits about the cats...

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els2307's review against another edition

5.0

Zalig boek om in te verdrinken. Men zegt dat Murakami erg toegankelijk schrijft - tegelijk verweeft hij op surrealistische wijze realiteit met dromen. Af en toe word je gestopt door briljante formuleringen en wijsheden die er helemaal bovenuit steken en bijna los komen te staan van het verhaal. Verwacht geen duidelijke wie-deed-het, maar een onnavolgbare coming-of-age in het hedendaagse Japan.