therestlessbookflea07 's review for:

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

3.5

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have mixed feelings with this book. Plot and writing-wise, it is adequately compelling and emotionally eloquent, but it is hard to conclude its reading experience when you are left with plenty of matters of the story unattended--where the heck is Haida the Son and Father and the mysterious pianist? Was Kuro's passing really brought by her mental health crises and anguish? 

I am supposed to enjoy it given that the manner of articulating the suspense and clue crumbs made me tread the novel quickly but dang. This is a whack of a book but an interesting read nonetheless.