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Baila, baila, baila by Haruki Murakami, Gabriel Álvarez Martínez

sydsnot71's review against another edition

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4.0

There's something about Murakami's world that I find fascinating. This is the seventh of his books I've read. It seems to be a sequel to Wild Sheep Chase.

The narrator, who remains nameless, embarks on an odd adventure which ends up involving an old school friend now actor; a thirteen-year-old girl with a psychic gift; a murder; an accidental death; suicide; love; grief and need. Plus The Sheep Man makes a return.

It's that odd mix of reality and unreality that marks Murakami's work. Indeed, weirdly having just read The Mabinogi by Matthew Francis, it felt like a similar world view reflected in that book. There are the world and the Unworld. People disappear. People are connected, even when they aren't necessarily in the same world.

I really liked it, but that's no surprise and I liked the ending. It felt right.

ggsreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

3.0

saucee's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.75

jeremycp60's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

gallienw's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

mariasiwik's review against another edition

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

5.0

noches04's review against another edition

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3.0

Qué acabo de leer???

Pensé que me iba a gustar más que el anterior pero no estoy segura. Se le hizo más enfasis a los personajes y me gustó eso.
El personaje principal aunque no tenga nombre ( bueno en una escena se pone de apodo winnie the pooh así que ahí está eso) y no sea interesante (es el punto) se me hace chistoso y me cae bien. A lo largo del libro él conoce gente y la ve morir, supongo que eso es a lo que se refiere con "bailar". Bailar para encontrar lo que significa su vida y encontrar a la persona que sí tendrá un nombre, encontrar lo que lo ata a la realidad. Me gusta como va creando amistades con Yuki, Gotanda, Yumiyoshi, etc. Son personajes curiosos. Me daba mucha cosa cómo hablaba el prota con yuki : "si tuviera 15 años en vez de 34 estaría perdídamente enamorado de tí". WTF? Bueno, dijo eso tantas veces que me sacaba de onda.

Creo que este libro no es para buscarle significado, pero simpre los finales de murakami me dejan sin nada, sin saber a qué se refiere y la importancia de lo que pasó, pero su forma de escribir y los temas lo salva, supongo que es parte del sentimiento mágico.

Aun así no sé cómo describir lo que me gusto y no me gustó del libro. Pero no sé... tiene algo.

rubym55's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

jairrob's review against another edition

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Between the infamous Murakami depiction of women and a 35+ year old man finding a 13 year old girl attractive (with no indication that the narrative would examine why this is incorrect), I could only get 39% through. I doubt I'll ever come back to this.

yasmin_raev's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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