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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
sad
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Sexual assault
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
This book really kept my interest. I was very invested in the characters. The end didn't surprise me and I hope Watanabe found peace.
slow-paced
Hard to hate this book despite its flaws
Quotes:
Death exists—in a paperweight, in four red and white balls on a billiards table—and we go on living and breathing it into our lungs like fine dust.
Quotes:
Death exists—in a paperweight, in four red and white balls on a billiards table—and we go on living and breathing it into our lungs like fine dust.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-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
1. the comparison of women to children during sex scenes was weird
2. the female characters seemed unrealistic to me
3. i didn’t like that trauma and sexual assault were sexualized
4. it was beautifully sad and overwhelmingly melancholic
5. i loved how slow-paced the story was - it gave me a sense of comfort in the sadness of this book
6. the way the main character was written actually really stood out to me
2. the female characters seemed unrealistic to me
3. i didn’t like that trauma and sexual assault were sexualized
4. it was beautifully sad and overwhelmingly melancholic
5. i loved how slow-paced the story was - it gave me a sense of comfort in the sadness of this book
6. the way the main character was written actually really stood out to me
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Altough it dealt with different theme, Norwegian Wood reminds me a lot of a Thai literature called 'Time in a Bottle'. Set in a decade of student movement and political heat (1960s Japan&1970s Thailand), a coming of age story of a boy whose memory of a girl he once loved filled with a western song (The Beatles' Norwegian Wood&Jim Croce's Time in a Bottle). It is interesting that these books were published around the same time, Time in a Bottle (1985) and Norwegian Wood (1987).
This is my first Murakami's book and I loved it. At first, I want to read his work because I want to try magical realist novel but I didn't research on his work. So I ended up getting Norwegian Wood only to find out from the preface that it was his first attempt on writing a realist novel. I still liked it anyway.
1q84 is my next stop. Guess it is a magical realist novel this time.
This is my first Murakami's book and I loved it. At first, I want to read his work because I want to try magical realist novel but I didn't research on his work. So I ended up getting Norwegian Wood only to find out from the preface that it was his first attempt on writing a realist novel. I still liked it anyway.
1q84 is my next stop. Guess it is a magical realist novel this time.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No