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feeling_queer 's review for:
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
The storylines in this book were really engaging, but I had a really hard time with all of the sexism and misogyny. No female characters are ever developed outside of romantic/sexual relationships and they seem to only exist for male pleasure. The protagonist rapes a woman in a dream and while it’s named as rape it isn't ever be denounced and there is no accountability. Unfortunately, I think this is a pattern across Murakami's writing -- I tried to start reading another novel of his and couldn't get past the first chapter where the male narrator kept objectifying women. His work, overall, is a no from me.