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Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami

397 reviews

krupadev's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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torellana's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book reminded me of a mix of Moonrise Kingdom, meets Everything, Everywhere all at once, meets The Boy and the Heron

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shebert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I did not like this book. It did not sit well with me. I don't care that certain scenes are meant to be metaphors - they are gross.

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willowthebitchette's review against another edition

4.75

dark funny mysterious slow-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

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avaflynn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Didn't like the character Kafka Tamura as much as I liked Nakata. Had to skip the chapter involving Johnnie Walker and the cats though...

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lukests's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-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

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britanicadramatica's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

In this book, we have two converging perspectives. Kafka Tamura, a fifteen-year-old runaway; and Mr. Nakata, a man in his mid-sixties who is unable to read or write. Magical realism is a great way to describe this tale of two souls. I laughed and I gasped throughout this book. I strongly suggest looking at content warnings prior to picking this up, as some of the content took me extremely off guard. This book left me speechless and confused about my own feelings, but that's art, right? It's supposed to give you visceral reactions. It's sad, whimsical, gruesome, and harrowing at the same time.

I gave this book four stars because of the graphic content, it was unsettling at times.

This book reminds me of a much more sophisticated version of John Dies at the End. I say this because of the appearances of Johnnie Walker and Colonel Sanders, which seemed very silly. There were parts of this book that were so whimsical and spiritual, while other parts were so graphic and disturbing. Nakata's perspective is easily my favorite. I do wish it dove further into Nakata and Miss Saeki's timeline with the entrance stone and their experiences in the other world. I very strongly disliked the violent and predatory aspects of Kafka's perspective; as well as the animal cruelty in Nakata's timeline. Kafka's journey is essentially Oedipus Rex. Nakata and Hoshino go through huge character development.

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renesme's review against another edition

5.0

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

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llntmll's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

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talia1353's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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