sewfarsewgood 's review for:

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
3.75
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
I did enjoy this book, the premise at first really pulled me in. A boy running away from home and his supposed fate and an old man who can speak to cats both end up trying to find who they are. I did find myself enjoying the storyline of Nakata (the old man) more as the book went on and because the chapters flip between the two sometimes I found it slow getting through Kafka's chapters. I have read 'Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World' and really enjoyed it so I loved the references back to that with the shadows and the forest. Overall a good book but not one of my favourites by Murakami.
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