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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

56 reviews

dorathebald's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Really love Aomame's morally-ambiguous character but Tengo is annoying af. 
Also the over-sexualisation of minors and insinuating that they wanted sex with a much older adult is just fucked up. 
Also freshly-baked boobs. wtf is that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Slavery

Minor: Confinement

cati's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I kinda hate how Murakami wrote Aomame. I honestly liked Tengo more and found him to be endearing. Really didn't like the part with

Fuka-Eri and Tengo having sex.

What was up with that? I guess it's plot relevant but still not great considering that Fuka-Eri is a minor. I thought the concept of Little People and

The Leader having telekinesis

was cool. This book was pretty uneventful. It has some interesting concepts happening, but I think it's a little sloppy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, and Domestic abuse

ruthiethetoothie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

avinawood's review against another edition

The writing is excellent, suprisingly engaging. Whether that is the author or translator's ability I'm not sure. The actual plot/contents put me off. The story is fantastical but not in a way that I can consider good. The repetition along with the actions taken by characters are incredibly off-putting and I've read plenty of other novels with heinous characters doing unspeakable things. The lack of nuance surrounding the actions though is incredibly troubling to me.

*I want to make clear that I'm aware that the three books were put together in one for the English version, however, the repition persists even within the books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

This book really disappointed me. All of the characters sound fascinating in theory, and I liked the parallel universes idea, but the writing was just really bad. Important points are reiterated over and over like the reader might not be paying attention, and plot points are over-explained (there is a part in book 3 where the POV characters are constantly missing each other and the narration is constantly telling you exactly when they passed each other by even though it's obvious - it made me feel like Murakami thinks his readers are idiots). 

All of the characters talk about taking control but just get pushed around by the narrative. Most of them hardly do anything at all.

The writing around underage girls is gross, especially a plot contrivance which allows a major character (who is a teacher!!) to have guilt-free sex with a teenage girl. All of the female characters are written very poorly and described by their breasts even when they are dead.

The romance that is basically the whole point of the book is ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death and Incest

Minor: Fatphobia and Car accident

jessbishai's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Torture