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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
4.0
dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I feel like I have given Haruki Murakami such a good shot at this point with 3 and an eighth of his books read, and yet I still just don't know what it is about him that I can't fully click with. I found myself incredibly bored during this one, which I hadn't experienced with any of his other books and was disappointing since this is probably one of his most popular books. I just did not gel with any of the characters and I still find his obsession with ejaculation disturbing and unnecessary. I think that this is probably between Kafka and Wind Up Bird for me and I might still try, if I can figure out how to get over his strange descriptions of women.
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