A review by mengzhenreads
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I really am not sure how to feel about this book. On one hand, the writing was seriously top-shelf high quality stuff, with a style that is deceptively simple but really beautiful. On the other hand, I really felt weird about how Murakami wrote all of the female characters in this book. I felt like they were all written and described in ways that were questionable at best, and while I really got the idea of the whole reminiscent, nostalgic view at Toru's college life, the way that all of the women in the story were described just took me OUT. I did still enjoy parts of it, but overall I have really mixed feelings about this novel.
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