A review by namizaela
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I love Murakami but this book...it just didn't resonate with me. Maybe it's because I'm not a man and thus can't understand them, but the way he wrote the women in this book seemed to objectify them and paint them more as symbols rather than actual people. I think this was his intention, but to me it didn't resonate all that well. Most of the stories didn't move me, and were pretty boring. A few were very interesting, such as Kino  and Scheherazade. But most of the stories didn't affect me all that much. 
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