Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

194 reviews

bananaza55's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Blood, Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Murder

unicornbanzaiiking's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense

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

2.0

This is like reading the nightmare trainwreck that is Neon Genesis Evangelion. Oh wait, you liked that? Then this book is for you. Unless of course it isn't. You know what I mean? Unless you don't and that's ok, it doesn't have to make sense...and it doesn't really matter anyway. If you read this book or don't, it's all the same, because I read it so that means you read it. You know what I mean? It's a metaphor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

norliuwu's review

challenging mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Incest, and Death

Minor: Blood

ericispublius's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A lot of mysteries in this piece, unraveled slowly unto the end — we walked away with some unanswered. Murakami knits a world that rhymes with ours, but is eerily different. He taps into Japanese folklore in a way that is easy to pick up for the novice

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Incest, Transphobia, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Violence

lio_ramon_dolor's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Violence, Death, Sexism, Blood, Gore, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: War

smalljules's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I have no idea how to rate this book, explain it, or even how to feel after finishing it. 
Magical realism was a new genre for me but I think I enjoyed that aspect of it. 
There were parts of this book that made me laugh, cry, scream “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK”, and parts that had me questioning my own sanity. 
I think I really liked it.
I have no idea if I would recommend this book. 
But I am so glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Abandonment, Incest, and Murder

dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Gore, Violence, Rape, and Incest

traciereads's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, and Animal cruelty

Minor: War

rkcobb's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

from the incel intersex/trans masc oshima to the entirely too detailed portrayal of incest and rape, the winding narrative and seemingly disjointed actions of the characters were just not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Transphobia, and Incest

hanaia's review

medium-paced

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

nuh-uh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Self harm, Incest, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Death