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Dansu Dansu Dansu by Haruki Murakami

12 reviews

pelicanponder's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Amazing sequel to the wild sheep chase. In this book, some characters are given names. But still the main character remained unnamed. I’m glad there was a happy ending for the main character. I hope that Yuki lives on and is happy, starting the rest of her life at 13 years old. I hope the sheep man is okay, but don’t think he is.

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kathleendayle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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viktute's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It's been a while I haven’t read any Murakami, so I just grabbed this for a refresh. I completed my reading in two days.

The story is very engaging and easy to follow. Vocabulary too is very simple and casual. The main character is an ordinary 34 years old guy, whom you could imagine living next door, coming back to reality from a sequence of mid-life crises. He seems pretty confident and content about himself and quickly gets popular among the other characters. His struggles to connect the dots, to close some chapters of his life seem relatable, and told in a light and humorous manner. The end is a happy end. Despite writen a few decades ago, some things never change, so other than technology, it feels quite recent.

Overall, despite violent crime scenes, and poor call girls getting victims as always, it’s been a relaxing and fun time reading.

I just missed some deeper thoughts, which could slow down the pace and stop me to think how do I relate to the story. The character too seemed a bit too charismatic to my taste. Nothing special sticking to my mind after all.

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shos's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful mysterious reflective slow-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

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eule's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Weird. Confusing. Mysterious as fuck. Feverdream. Loneliness. Connections and ties. Aimless. Unresolved. Open end. Suffering. Sexism. Interesting relationships.
(Some words and phrases that come into mind after reading this book)

Soooo … this was my first Murakami novel and I have no fucking clue what to think about this book. I only bought and read it right away due to a video on Pinterest with a guy describing this book in vivid colors and heavily praising it as some kind of murder mystery (which it kinda was but not really). I only realized while reading that this book is supposed to be kind of part of a series called the Rat (I had no idea about the Sheep Men). Maybe that’s why I was confused as hell.
Now I feel a little empty. We never now who killed a specific person in this book. We never know for certain what is reality and what is the dream land or a parallel universe. I am simply unsatisfied as I have no certainty about anything. I am mad. And I have no idea what this book is actually about.
Is it supposed to be a murder mystery? The description of a midlife crisis? A book about the importance of friendship? A novel about loneliness? I don’t even understand why this book is called like it’s called. Hell, I don’t know anything for certain. But maybe that’s the intention of this feverdreamlike book.
Additionally, I feel the need to heavily criticize how women are portrayed in this novel. All the time I just PRAYED THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER (34) DOES NOT FUCK THE 13 YEAR OLD „FRIEND“ HE HAS. Simply disgusting. If the author would have left out the description of her beauty or how the main character would like to be HER FUCKING BOYFRIEND, the friendship would have been cute.

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