A review by laurawileman
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

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

3.0

This book just didn't do it for me. I understand it was from a male's perspective in 1987 but the constant narrative of the women in the book grew tiring. From idolisation to the instability of almost all female characters it really made me question the narrators motive, I wasn't quite sure what he was trying to gain from these stories particularly the story from Reiko's past. A lot of the sex scenes felt rather uncomfortable and as much as this novel is about loneliness I couldn't help grow to blame the main character for his own loneliness.
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