Reviews with content warning for Gore - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle has a lot of mystery in its unique story, and I really enjoyed the character May. I struggled with the descriptions of gore and violence and found those parts of the book tedious to get through.

I was weary of the relationship between May and Mr. Okada in the beginning but (to my relief) found it to be very platonic and endearing.

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luschowski's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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threeyearsaway's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

my first initial thought after finishing is that if this were a movie it’d be one of my favorites for sure. so good… sooo good to me. when he was scared, so was i. when he was sad, so was i. happy, i’m happy. toru my brother.

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kms80's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

The writing was beautiful but it was a frustrating book to read. I feel like none of the questions were resolved. It’s not clear what was supposed to be reality. I think some people would enjoy that, but to me it was a bit annoying. Also, the random interludes of horrible violence and gore in Manchuria were and unpleasant surprise. I don’t know what the point of that was and the first one was really upsetting.

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