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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“Tutta l’università è piena di questi ipocriti: passano la loro vita tremando per paura che gli altri possano scoprire che non hanno capito qualcosa. E naturalmente leggono gli stessi libri, si riempiono tutti degli stessi paroloni… Sarebbe questa la rivoluzione? Se la rivoluzione è questa, meglio farne senza.”
Ho finito questo libro in pochi giorni; non riuscivo a staccarmi. Avevo un po’ di timore a leggere Murakami per le strane recensioni di altri lettori… Ma ho trovato il libro interessante e coinvolgente, con molte similitudini con il Giovane Holden.
Cosa mi è piaciuto di più sono probabilmente l’intimità con cui vengono descritti i personaggi e la loro vulnerabilità. Un libro tutto umano.
Cosa mi è piaciuto di più sono probabilmente l’intimità con cui vengono descritti i personaggi e la loro vulnerabilità. Un libro tutto umano.
Tutti i personaggi e luoghi sono connessi da un filo quasi invisibile che, però, è abbastanza forte da rendere tutte le storie e le vite parte di un’unica grande corrente. La vita scorre e continua nonostante tutto; Non ci si può arrendere all’auto compassione, quella - come dice Nagasawa - va bene solo per la gente da poco.
Je ne trouve presque rien à redire à la plume de Murakami dans ce roman. Malheureusement, notre ami (non) sexisme est également au rendez-vous avec des personnages féminins globalement dépeints comme faibles, dépendantes des hommes et manipulables. Le regard que les hommes portent sur elles est également à vomir. À savoir si cela est volontaire et au profit de quelque chose que je n’ai pas saisi ou une énième œuvre où les femmes n’ont pas leur juste place…
(2009) Confesso di essere partito prevenuto con questo libro, e che probabilmente non l'avrei letto se non me lo avessero regalato. Eppure Murakami non mi è dispiaciuto con questa storia, ambientata in una società culturalmente molto diversa dalla nostra e che tratta con uno stile impeccabile le tematiche della solitudine, dei disagi e delle difficoltà a relazionarsi tipiche dell'adolescenza (ma non solo...), testimoniate dal numero inquietantemente alto di suicidi; e ancora, parla di vita, morte, amore e dolore, che provochiamo e che ci viene provocato inevitabilmente. Un buon libro, se non si cerca una storiella leggera :)
This was difficult to rate because the translated prose is at times beautiful and always compulsively readable. Once I’d really gotten into the text I devoured it quite quickly. And yet I couldn’t help but groan at some of the ridiculous things characters said and did. Characters having poor judgement obviously doesn’t make a bad book, but I did find it difficult with how neutral the protagonist was. It was as if he had no real opinion or maybe his friend was right when he said “neither of us is interested, essentially, in anything but ourselves … neither of us is able to feel any interest in anything other than what we think or feel or do.” Except, what he feels is at times a mystery. At one point, a character tells him of a truly stomach churning encounter with a child and frames herself as a victim. He doesn’t seem to have any reaction and what’s more, the character tells him of her friend’s response to the story that was bizarre beyond words. I never felt this character could be trusted and yet the narrative itself never framed her as anything sinister. That, a long with some other things said and done by the female characters, left a bad taste in my mouth.
I’d be willing to trying Murakami again, but I think I’d get along better with his magical realism.
I’d be willing to trying Murakami again, but I think I’d get along better with his magical realism.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
First things first, this book is full of misogynistic remarks and tons of sexual aspects that might seem unnecessary or questionable and also is worldwide known that the author is not good at writing female characters (AT ALL).
So, I know that there are a lot of ppl who dislike this book or can’t digest it, but for me it was a weird experience, because after hearing tons of opinions and thoughts about it, I don’t know if i’m reading more into things or i’m twisting every aspect of the plot to fit it into my own narrative, god i don’t even know if im just insane to say, i get it.
The thing is i liked this book, it wasn’t a masterpiece by any means, is flawed, is weirdly written at points and there’s no much going on, just the story of a dude that’s detached from emotion thanks to grief and his relationships and exchanges with even more flawed characters.
Honestly I enjoy the no plot plot a lot, in movies and in books, I love how life can be portrayed when nothing is actually happening and Murakami is one of those authors that knows that he can write beautifully, and that he can mage to turn this mundane fragments of life into something dreamy and serene, like they say in mexico el wey sabe tirar verbo, but the only problem is that sometimes it lacks depth or a little something that can truly transform his story into something more meaningful, overall it feels kinda hollow, and it’s more like a mood/vibe kinda thing.
A lot of themes get unexplored or inconclusive but at the same time that gives space for interpretation (idk if this man was planing this but that is what i got from it
So, I know that there are a lot of ppl who dislike this book or can’t digest it, but for me it was a weird experience, because after hearing tons of opinions and thoughts about it, I don’t know if i’m reading more into things or i’m twisting every aspect of the plot to fit it into my own narrative, god i don’t even know if im just insane to say, i get it.
The thing is i liked this book, it wasn’t a masterpiece by any means, is flawed, is weirdly written at points and there’s no much going on, just the story of a dude that’s detached from emotion thanks to grief and his relationships and exchanges with even more flawed characters.
Honestly I enjoy the no plot plot a lot, in movies and in books, I love how life can be portrayed when nothing is actually happening and Murakami is one of those authors that knows that he can write beautifully, and that he can mage to turn this mundane fragments of life into something dreamy and serene, like they say in mexico el wey sabe tirar verbo, but the only problem is that sometimes it lacks depth or a little something that can truly transform his story into something more meaningful, overall it feels kinda hollow, and it’s more like a mood/vibe kinda thing.
A lot of themes get unexplored or inconclusive but at the same time that gives space for interpretation (idk if this man was planing this but that is what i got from it
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide