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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"The thoughts fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow. Because Naoko never loved me."
Something about this book made me overlook all its promiscuous proclivities. Do you believe in predetermined fate or purpose?
Reading this book felt like having the floor pulled out from under you, just for it to be replaced, just for it to be pulled out from under you again, repeatedly. At points, I felt myself adjusting, and suddenly I choked up and caught myself plunging again.
I resonated with Reiko's telling Toru that he tries too hard to make life fit his own way of doing things, that people are going to hurt when it's time for them to hurt. The fear of pain sometimes keeps me emotionally glued to my clamshell, even if I don't show it. This made me wonder if my springs were wound too tightly - my joy is now different. My pain is now different. Everything feels different and it feels uneasy for me to think about.
Excerpt from my journal: "I would be lying if I said reading Norwegian didn't make me feel less human than I ever have in a long time." It's like I stared at the ocean long enough to see a reflection, just for me not to be in it.
"How many Sundays-how many hundreds of Sundays like this-lay ahead of me? 'Quiet, peaceful, and lonely,' I said aloud to myself. On Sundays, I didn't wind my spring. -Toru
Something about this book made me overlook all its promiscuous proclivities. Do you believe in predetermined fate or purpose?
Reading this book felt like having the floor pulled out from under you, just for it to be replaced, just for it to be pulled out from under you again, repeatedly. At points, I felt myself adjusting, and suddenly I choked up and caught myself plunging again.
I resonated with Reiko's telling Toru that he tries too hard to make life fit his own way of doing things, that people are going to hurt when it's time for them to hurt. The fear of pain sometimes keeps me emotionally glued to my clamshell, even if I don't show it. This made me wonder if my springs were wound too tightly - my joy is now different. My pain is now different. Everything feels different and it feels uneasy for me to think about.
Excerpt from my journal: "I would be lying if I said reading Norwegian didn't make me feel less human than I ever have in a long time." It's like I stared at the ocean long enough to see a reflection, just for me not to be in it.
"How many Sundays-how many hundreds of Sundays like this-lay ahead of me? 'Quiet, peaceful, and lonely,' I said aloud to myself. On Sundays, I didn't wind my spring. -Toru
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I was expecting this to rock my world and it didn't :(. It felt so detached and I didn't really care about what was happening.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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
Crazy swag for influencing Wong Kar-wai and Inio Asano, though I'm kind of torn on the novel itself.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No