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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-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
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
HOW CAN ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER?????
emotional
reflective
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
whether you feel fond of murakami or not, whatever your value judgment, you have to admit—he has a way with words that not many writers do. i read norwegian wood five years ago, and to this day, this part lives in the back of my mind, as a constant reminder:
you try too hard to make life fit your way of doing things. if you don't want to spend time in an insane asylum, you have to open up a little more and let yourself go with life's natural flow. i'm just a powerless and imperfect woman, but still, there are times when i think to myself how wonderful life can be! believe me, it's true! so stop what you're doing this minute and get happy. work at making yourself happy!
needless to say, i do feel sorry that you and naoko could not see things through to a happy ending. but who can say what's best? that's why you need to grab whatever chance you have at happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. my experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a lifetime, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.
i'm playing the guitar every day for no one in particular. it seems a bit pointless. i don't like dark, rainy nights, either. i hope i'll have another chance to play my guitar and eat grapes with you and naoko in the room with me.
ah, well, until then —
reiko ishida
dark
emotional
sad
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
this book is a lot more depressing than i expected. after finishing, i felt a strange sense of melancholy and sorrow i still can't seem to get rid of. murakami has such a unique way of writing. i didn't know a human could convey feelings through words like that before. it's so emotionally vacant, hollow and insufferable. i've always wondered if that hollowness shows how the concept of masculinity detaches men from their selfhood, empathy, and ability to connect with others, whether intentional or not. it's quite controversial and uncomfortable in some chapters. there's no woman in the book that is not being sexualized bro!! murakami women are either manic pixie dream girls or uncomfortably sexualized older women, no in between. he has an undeniable problem writing about women, though. which in some works is merely disappointing and others can be really problematic.
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ik zat er in en wilde er niet meer uit. Wat een prachtig, ontroerend boek.
Zo mooi “dat de bergen verkruimelen en de zee opdroogt”.
Zo mooi “dat de bergen verkruimelen en de zee opdroogt”.
Maybe I would have enjoyed this book more if I hadn't already read many of Murakami's other novels first. He covers many of the same themes and ideas elsewhere. I just found this one more depressing than it was worth.