A review by kathrodrig
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

murakami never write women ever again challenge please  

this book reminded me why i love the breath of life you can only find in magical realism and how beautifully a mind can color the hue of ink with an overlay of psychology and descriptions that shape words into a hand capable of rolling the film within the wrinkles of your brain

and then i got to the scene with
sakura who casually touches a fifteen year old runaway boy with no family to go back to and the whole maybe incest situation with miss saeki who indulges the yearning of, again, a FIFTEEN year old boy and has sex with the ghost of her dead lover by proxy
and also any other woman that exists in this book
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