A review by ahalsnad
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Each character is interesting and complexly wonderful. The characters build throughout their journey for the better, striving for better clarity. The characters I was particularly interested in were Nakata, Hoshino, Oshima, and Kafka, in that order. Most of the concepts are abstract, and Murakami does not offer any explanation as to why/how. I guess that is the beauty of the book; it gives one the freedom to imagine, question, and confuse oneself. It contains philosophy, mythology, art, music & books, gives every character a depth that I kept hanging on to know more. But, there was always disappointment waiting every time I thought 'Ah! now I will get the answer'.
The journey was wonderful, even though it was without definitive ending/explanations. After all, that is how life is, isn't it?