kadinrae 's review for:

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

1.0

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Largely an introspective book, with a slow-burn mystery that isn't wrapped up neatly–rather, it's left open to interpretation. The calm introspective tone throughout most of the novel is juxtaposed with a handful of blazingly tense, violent, and–in my opinion–unnecessarily disturbing scenes of animal cruelty, and sexual violence/incest. Good writing, but would not recommend based on the disturbing scenes the inconclusive nature of the narrative that I found unsatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence